Editing Marceline, Missouri (section)

==History==
In 1887, the Chicago, Santa Fe, and California Railway, began construction on a rail line between [[Chicago]] and [[Kansas City, Kansas]]. It ran through southeast Linn County, prompting new towns such as Marceline. The completed line was absorbed into the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway]]. The first land parcel in what became the town was sold in January 1888, and the town was incorporated two months later. By the end of the year, it had a [[railway roundhouse]] and [[rail yard|yard]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Marceline, Missouri Past and Present Progress and Prosperity |publisher=Freeman Publishing Company}}</ref>

In March 1903, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway divided the line into two districts, with the Missouri district headquarters in Marceline.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Architectural Survey of Marceline |publisher=Missouri State Historic Preservation Office |year=2018}}</ref> 

The town was named after Marcelina, the wife of a railroad man.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_linn.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070628/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_linn.html | archive-date=June 24, 2016 | url-status=dead | title=Linn County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | access-date=October 29, 2016 }}</ref> A post office called Marceline has operated since 1887.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Linn | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref>

Marceline is most famous as the boyhood home of [[Walt Disney]] and served as the inspiration for [[Main Street, USA|Main Street, USA.]] It hosts the [[Walt Disney Hometown Museum]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://waltdisneymuseum.org/marceline/ |website=waltdisneymuseum.org |access-date=September 29, 2023|title=Walt Disney Hometown Museum}}</ref>