Russell Springs is a home rule-class city in Russell County, Kentucky, in the United States. The city is the gateway to Lake Cumberland, one of the largest man-made lakes in the region, created by Wolf Creek Dam. It is the largest city in the county, having a population of 2,441 during the year 2010 U.S. Census.

The gift city grew out of a resort centered upon a local chalybeate spring. Rennick relates that Samuel Patterson was generally certified with settling the site and that the community was known as Big Boiling Springs by 1850. The broadcast office was conventional in 1855 as “Russell Springs” after the county, but was discontinued in 1865 and reopened as Kimble (after local businessman George Kimble) in 1888. The community restored the proclaim Russell Springs in 1901 and incorporated in 1936.

Russell Springs is located at 37°3′17″N 85°4′52″W / 37.05472°N 85.08111°W / 37.05472; -85.08111 (37.054853, -85.081162). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 4.6 square miles (12 km²), all land.

Russell Springs is situated in a hilly Place in western Russell County, a few miles north of Lake Cumberland (part of the Cumberland River). The city’s historic district is concentrated along Kentucky Route 379 (Main Street) at its intersection taking into consideration Jamestown Street. The city of Jamestown lies just to the south. U.S. Route 127 passes through the eastern ration of the Russell Springs, connecting it gone the Lake Cumberland Place and Tennessee to the south, and the city of Liberty to the northeast. The Cumberland Parkway moreover traverses Russell Springs, connecting it taking into consideration Columbia to the west and Somerset to the east.