Editing Linn County, Kansas

{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Linn, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Linn County
|state              = Kansas
|ex image           = Linn County Kansas Courthouse.jpg
|ex image size      = 220px
|ex image cap       = Linn County Courthouse in [[Mound City, Kansas|Mound City]] (2020)
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|founded            = February 26, 1867
|named for          = [[Lewis F. Linn]]
|seat wl            = Mound City
|largest city wl    = Pleasanton
|area_total_sq_mi   = 606
|area_land_sq_mi    = 594
|area_water_sq_mi   = 12
|area percentage    = 2.0%
|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF"/>
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 9591
|pop_est_as_of      = 2023
|population_est     = 9860 {{gain}}
|density_sq_mi      = auto
|district           = 2nd
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://www.linncountyks.com/|LinnCountyKS.com}}
}}

'''Linn County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]], located along the eastern edge of Kansas, and is part of the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.marc.org/Data-Economy/Metrodataline/General-Information/Statistical-Areas | title=Population Data and Maps &#124; MARC }}</ref>  Its [[county seat]] is [[Mound City, Kansas|Mound City]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> and its most populous city is [[Pleasanton, Kansas|Pleasanton]].  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county population was 9,591.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Linn County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/linncountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818015141/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/linncountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The county was named for [[Lewis F. Linn|Lewis Linn]], a U.S. Senator from [[Missouri]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n156 166]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n186 187]}}</ref>

==History==

===Early history===
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
For many [[millennia]], the [[Great Plains]] of [[North America]] was inhabited by [[nomadic]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. From the 16th century to 18th century, the [[Kingdom of France]] claimed ownership of large parts of [[North America]]. In 1762, after the [[French and Indian War]], France secretly ceded [[New France]] to [[Spain]], per the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]].

===19th century===
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for [[History of Kansas|modern day Kansas]] was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile [[Louisiana Purchase]] for 2.83 [[Penny (United States coin)|cents]] per [[acre]].

Explorers in the early 19th century came across abandoned mining sites along a creek south of the Marais des Cygnes river. The background of these early miners remains a mystery; but it inspired early residents of the region to name this waterway "Mine Creek."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofkansas.com/linncountyextincttowns2.html |title=Extinct Towns in Linn County, Kansas - History and Information - Page 2 |website=www.legendsofkansas.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311061801/http://www.legendsofkansas.com/linncountyextincttowns2.html |archive-date=March 11, 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|606|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|594|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|12|sqmi}} (2.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Miami County, Kansas|Miami County]] (north)
* [[Bates County, Missouri|Bates County]], [[Missouri]] (east)
* [[Vernon County, Missouri|Vernon County]], [[Missouri]] (southeast)
* [[Bourbon County, Kansas|Bourbon County]] (south)
* [[Allen County, Kansas|Allen County]] (southwest)
* [[Anderson County, Kansas|Anderson County]] (west)
* [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge]]

==Demographics==
[[Image:USA Linn County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1860= 6336
|1870= 12174
|1880= 15298
|1890= 17215
|1900= 16689
|1910= 14735
|1920= 13815
|1930= 13534
|1940= 11969
|1950= 10053
|1960= 8274
|1970= 7770
|1980= 8234
|1990= 8254
|2000= 9570
|2010= 9656
|2020= 9591
|estyear=2023
|estimate=9860
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 3, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ks190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

Linn County is included in the [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri|MO]]-KS [[Kansas City metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 9,570 people, 3,807 households, and 2,748 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|16|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 4,720 housing units at an average density of {{convert|8|/mi2|/km2|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 97.50% [[White American|White]], 0.63% [[Black American|Black]] or [[African American]], 0.48% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.14% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 0.16% from other races, and 1.06% from [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race were 0.91% of the population.

There were 3,807 [[household]]s, out of which 28.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.70% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.80% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.00% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 24.30% from 25 to 44, 25.70% from 45 to 64, and 18.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.60 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the county was $35,906, and the median income for a family was $42,571. Males had a median income of $31,720 versus $22,287 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,009. About 7.80% of families and 11.00% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 9.60% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
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{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,077|1,590|568|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,413|1,353|1,365|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,163|1,497|31|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,795|1,152|27|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,407|1,157|146|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,873|1,681|48|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,593|876|63|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,250|893|422|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,939|1,725|15|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,824|1,176|24|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,991|1,177|7|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,527|1,220|20|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,632|1,673|49|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,185|1,442|20|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,086|2,067|34|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|3,872|2,682|33|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,647|3,216|90|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,231|1,328|68|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,161|1,683|614|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,189|1,764|122|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,699|2,930|307|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|858|1,283|1,441|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,950|1,657|158|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,324|1,085|307|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,279|2,043|41|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|2,153|2,424|39|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1892|Populist|2,046|0|2,098|Kansas}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|2,166|802|1,157|Kansas}}
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===Laws===
Following amendment to the [[Kansas Constitution]] in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until 2004, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |title=Map of Wet and Dry Counties |publisher=Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue |date=November 2006 |access-date=December 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2007 }}</ref>

==Education==

===Unified school districts===
* [https://www.usd344.org/ Pleasanton USD 344]
* [https://www.usd346.org/ Jayhawk USD 346]
* [[Prairie View USD 362]]

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Linn Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|350px|2005 map of Linn County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Linn County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Linn County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/linn.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228160558/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/linn.PDF |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |date=June 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
{{div col}}
* [[Blue Mound, Kansas|Blue Mound]]
* [[La Cygne, Kansas|La Cygne]]
* [[Linn Valley, Kansas|Linn Valley]]
* [[Mound City, Kansas|Mound City]] (county seat)
* [[Parker, Kansas|Parker]]
* [[Pleasanton, Kansas|Pleasanton]]
* [[Prescott, Kansas|Prescott]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
† means a community is designated a [[Census-designated place|Census-Designated Place]] (CDP) by the [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{div col}}
* [[Boicourt, Kansas|Boicourt]]
* [[Cadmus, Kansas|Cadmus]]
* [[Centerville, Kansas|Centerville]]†
* [[Critzer, Kansas|Critzer]]
* [[Farlinville, Kansas|Farlinville]]
* [[Goodrich, Kansas|Goodrich]]
* [[Mantey, Kansas|Mantey]]
* [[Trading Post, Kansas|Trading Post]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
{{div col}}
* [[Hail Ridge, Kansas|Hail Ridge]]
* [[Keokuk, Kansas|Keokuk]]
* [[Linnville, Kansas|Linnville]]
* [[Moneka, Kansas|Moneka]]
* [[Paris, Linn County, Kansas|Paris]]
{{div col end}}

===Townships===
Linn County is divided into eleven [[Civil township|townships]]. None of the cities within the county are considered ''governmentally independent'', and all figures for the townships include those of the cities. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

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|- style="background:#ccccff"
! Township !! [[FIPS place code|FIPS]] !! Population<br />center
! Population !! Population<br />density<br /><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq&nbsp;mi)</small>
! Land area<br /><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water area<br /><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water %
! Geographic coordinates
|-
| Blue Mound || 07625 || || 500 || 3 (8) || 162 (63) || 0 (0) || 0.09% || {{coord|38|5|37|N|95|0|45|W|}}
|-
| Centerville || 12350 || || 389 || 2 (5) || 206 (79) || 0 (0) || 0.07% || {{coord|38|12|39|N|94|59|56|W|}}
|-
| Liberty || 40200 || || 908 || 5 (14) || 166 (64) || 0 (0) || 0.17% || {{coord|38|19|38|N|94|59|26|W|}}
|-
| Lincoln || 40825 || || 2,251 || 18 (47) || 125 (48) || 11 (4) || 7.84% || {{coord|38|21|10|N|94|43|10|W|}}
|-
| Mound City || 48775 || || 1,421 || 11 (29) || 129 (50) || 0 (0) || 0.16% || {{coord|38|7|59|N|94|48|59|W|}}
|-
| [[Paris Township, Linn County, Kansas|Paris]]|| 54375 || || 494 || 3 (8) || 167 (65) || 0 (0) || 0.11% || {{coord|38|13|49|N|94|50|1|W|}}
|-
| Potosi || 57175 || || 2,080 || 14 (37) || 144 (56) || 1 (0) || 0.52% || {{coord|38|10|35|N|94|42|20|W|}}
|-
| Scott || 63550 || || 641 || 4 (10) || 163 (63) || 1 (0) || 0.73% || {{coord|38|18|32|N|94|51|13|W|}}
|-
| Sheridan || 64700 || || 560 || 5 (13) || 116 (45) || 0 (0) || 0.19% || {{coord|38|4|7|N|94|41|9|W|}}
|-
| Stanton || 67875 || || 169 || 2 (6) || 78 (30) || 0 (0) || 0.04% || {{coord|38|3|33|N|94|49|58|W|}}
|-
| Valley || 72925 || || 157 || 2 (4) || 94 (36) || 6 (2) || 5.91% || {{coord|38|16|7|N|94|41|41|W|}}
|-
|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |archive-date=August 2, 2002 }}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County, Kansas]]
* [[USS Linn County (LST-900)|USS ''Linn County'']] (LST-900)
{{See also Kansas counties}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Kansas books}}
* ''The Lindseys - Kansas Pioneers 1855-2024 - A History of the Lindsey Family of Southeast Miami County and Northeast Linn County, Kansas''; Marvin and Steven Lindsey; 480 pages; 2024; ISBN 979-8823022231.
* [https://archive.org/details/linn_miamiKS1981/ ''Soil Survey of Linn and Miami Counties, Kansas'']; Harold L. Penner; U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service; 207 pages; 1981.
* ''A Little History about Mound City, Kansas and our Neighbors''; Mound City Historical Society; 75 pages; 1976.
* ''From Pioneering to the Present: Linn County, Its People, Events and Ways of Life'' (3 Volumes); Linn County Historical Society; Linn County Publishing Co; 149 / 477 / 198 pages; 1976.
* [https://openresearch.okstate.edu/bitstreams/afdbc2d4-7a17-4cf8-a692-a2365b3e7e5b/download ''James Montgomery, 1813-1871'']; Tom L. Holman; Southwestern College; 303 pages; 1973.
* [https://archive.org/details/linncountykansas00mitc ''Linn County, Kansas - A History'']; William Mitchell; Campbell-Gates; 405 pages; 1928.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/209428/ ''Plat Book of Linn County, Kansas'']; North West Publishing Co; 44 pages; 1906.
* ''A History of Linn County''; Pleasanton Observer; July 8 & 15, 1876.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Linn County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|https://www.linncountyks.com/|Linn County - Official}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260454 Linn County - Directory of Public Officials]
;Other
* [https://linncountynews.net/ ''Linn County News''] (local newspaper)
;Maps
* Marion County Maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/marion.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Highway Maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Railroad Maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp Current], [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227379 1996], [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915], KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

{{Geographic location
|Center    = Linn County, Kansas
|North     = [[Miami County, Kansas|Miami County]]
|Northeast = [[Bates County, Missouri]]
|East      = [[Bates County, Missouri]]
|Southeast = [[Vernon County, Missouri]]
|South     = [[Bourbon County, Kansas|Bourbon County]]
|Southwest = [[Allen County, Kansas|Allen County]]
|West      = [[Anderson County, Kansas|Anderson County]]
|Northwest = [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin County]]
}}

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