Linn County, Kansas

Linn County
Linn County
County
	Linn County Courthouse (2020)
	Location within the U.S. state of Kansas
	Kansas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 38°13′00″N 94°51′00″W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Founded	February 26, 1867
Named for	Lewis F. Linn
Seat	Mound City
Largest city	Pleasanton
Area
• Total	606 sq mi (1,570 km2)
• Land	594 sq mi (1,540 km2)
• Water	12 sq mi (30 km2) 2.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	9,591
• Density	16.1/sq mi (6.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	linncountyks.com

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]

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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]

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]

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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%
2020	9,591	−0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7] 1790-1960^[8] 1900-1990^[9] 1990-2000^[10] 2010-2020^[1]

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Linn County is included in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Presidential elections

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**Presidential Elections Results**^[11]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	80.2% 4,048	17.8% 896	2.0% 102
2016	78.2% 3,484	16.5% 736	5.3% 234
2012	71.1% 3,177	26.2% 1,170	2.7% 120
2008	66.8% 3,086	30.9% 1,425	2.3% 106
2004	64.3% 3,048	34.4% 1,631	1.3% 62
2000	59.0% 2,513	37.3% 1,587	3.7% 159
1996	49.0% 2,077	37.5% 1,590	13.4% 568
1992	34.2% 1,413	32.8% 1,353	33.0% 1,365
1988	58.6% 2,163	40.6% 1,497	0.8% 31
1984	70.3% 2,795	29.0% 1,152	0.7% 27
1980	64.9% 2,407	31.2% 1,157	3.9% 146
1976	52.0% 1,873	46.7% 1,681	1.3% 48
1972	73.4% 2,593	24.8% 876	1.8% 63
1968	63.1% 2,250	25.1% 893	11.8% 422
1964	52.7% 1,939	46.9% 1,725	0.4% 15
1960	70.2% 2,824	29.2% 1,176	0.6% 24
1956	71.6% 2,991	28.2% 1,177	0.2% 7
1952	74.0% 3,527	25.6% 1,220	0.4% 20
1948	60.5% 2,632	38.4% 1,673	1.1% 49
1944	68.5% 3,185	31.0% 1,442	0.4% 20
1940	66.0% 4,086	33.4% 2,067	0.6% 34
1936	58.8% 3,872	40.7% 2,682	0.5% 33
1932	44.5% 2,647	54.0% 3,216	1.5% 90
1928	75.2% 4,231	23.6% 1,328	1.2% 68
1924	57.9% 3,161	30.8% 1,683	11.3% 614
1920	62.8% 3,189	34.8% 1,764	2.4% 122
1916	45.5% 2,699	49.4% 2,930	5.2% 307
1912	24.0% 858	35.8% 1,283	40.2% 1,441^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1908	51.8% 1,950	44.0% 1,657	4.2% 158
1904	62.5% 2,324	29.2% 1,085	8.3% 307
1900	52.2% 2,279	46.8% 2,043	0.9% 41
1896	46.6% 2,153	52.5% 2,424	0.8% 39
1892	49.4% 2,046		50.6% 2,098^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1888	52.5% 2,166	19.4% 802	28.1% 1,157

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Presidential Elections Results

Unified school districts

Cities

Blue Mound
La Cygne
Linn Valley
Mound City
Parker
Pleasanton
Prescott

[1]
"QuickFacts: Linn County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
[2]
"Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
[3]
Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 166.
[4]
Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.
[5]
"Extinct Towns in Linn County, Kansas - History and Information - Page 2". Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
[6]
"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
[7]
"U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
[8]
"Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
[9]
"Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
[10]
"Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
[11]
"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.

Plat Book of Linn County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 44 pages; 1906.

County

Other

Linn County News (local newspaper)

Maps

Marion County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

38°13′N 94°51′W

[2020QF-1] [1]
"QuickFacts: Linn County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2023.

[GR6-2] [2]
"Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[3] [3]
Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 166.

[4] [4]
Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.

[5] [5]
"Extinct Towns in Linn County, Kansas - History and Information - Page 2". Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2019-07-31.

[GR1-6] [6]
"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

[7] [7]
"U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

[8] [8]
"Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

[9] [9]
"Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

[10] [10]
"Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

[11] [11]
"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".

[12] This total comprises 1,052 votes (29.4%) for Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and 389 votes (10.9%) for Socialist Eugene V. Debs.

[13] 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.

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