Linn County, Kansas
Linn County (county code LN) is a county in east-central Kansas. In 2020, 9,591 people lived there.[1] Its county seat is Mound City.[2] Its biggest city is Pleasanton. The county was named after Lewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.[3][4]
| Linn County, Kansas | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Kansas | |
 Kansas's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | February 26, 1867 |
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| Seat | Mound City |
| Largest City | Pleasanton |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
606 sq mi (1,570 km²) 594 sq mi (1,538 km²) 12 sq mi (31 km²), 2.0% |
| Population - Density |
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| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Named for: Lewis F. Linn | |
History
19th century
Explorers in the early 19th century found abandoned mining sites along a creek south of the Marais des Cygnes river. No one knows who the miners were. Early residents of the region decided to call the waterway "Mine Creek."[5]
Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 606 square miles (1,570 km2). Of that, 594 square miles (1,540 km2) is land and 12 square miles (31 km2) (2.0%) is water.[6]
People
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 6,336 | ||
| 1870 | 12,174 | 92.1% | |
| 1880 | 15,298 | 25.7% | |
| 1890 | 17,215 | 12.5% | |
| 1900 | 16,689 | −3.1% | |
| 1910 | 14,735 | −11.7% | |
| 1920 | 13,815 | −6.2% | |
| 1930 | 13,534 | −2.0% | |
| 1940 | 11,969 | −11.6% | |
| 1950 | 10,053 | −16.0% | |
| 1960 | 8,274 | −17.7% | |
| 1970 | 7,770 | −6.1% | |
| 1980 | 8,234 | 6.0% | |
| 1990 | 8,254 | 0.2% | |
| 2000 | 9,570 | 15.9% | |
| 2010 | 9,656 | 0.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9] 1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[1] | |||
Linn County is included in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Government
Presidential elections
Presidential Elections Results
Education
Unified school districts
Communities
Cities
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "QuickFacts: Linn County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 166.
- ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.
- ↑ "Extinct Towns in Linn County, Kansas - History and Information - Page 2". Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
- Notes
- ↑ This total comprises 1,052 votes (29.4%) for Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and 389 votes (10.9%) for Socialist Eugene V. Debs.
- ↑ 2,063 votes (49.78%) were for Populist James B. Weaver (who was supported by the state’s Democrats) and 35 (0.84%) for Prohibition Party candidate John Bidwell.
More reading
- Plat Book of Linn County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 44 pages; 1906.
Other websites
- County
- Lua error in Module:Official_website at line 90: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Linn County - Directory of Public Officials
- Other
- Linn County News (local newspaper)
- Maps