Linn County, Kansas

**Linn County** (county code **LN**) is a county in east-central Kansas. In 2020, 9,591 people lived there. Its county seat is Mound City. Its biggest city is Pleasanton. The county was named after Lewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.

### 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."

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (2.0%) is water.

## People

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

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.2%** _4,048_|style="text-align:center;"|17.8% _896_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _102_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.2%** _3,484_|style="text-align:center;"|16.5% _736_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.3% _234_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.1%** _3,177_|style="text-align:center;"|26.2% _1,170_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _120_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.8%** _3,086_|style="text-align:center;"|30.9% _1,425_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _106_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.3%** _3,048_|style="text-align:center;"|34.4% _1,631_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _62_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.0%** _2,513_|style="text-align:center;"|37.3% _1,587_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.7% _159_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.0%** _2,077_|style="text-align:center;"|37.5% _1,590_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.4% _568_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**34.2%** _1,413_|style="text-align:center;"|32.8% _1,353_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|33.0% _1,365_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.6%** _2,163_|style="text-align:center;"|40.6% _1,497_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _31_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.3%** _2,795_|style="text-align:center;"|29.0% _1,152_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _27_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.9%** _2,407_|style="text-align:center;"|31.2% _1,157_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.9% _146_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.0%** _1,873_|style="text-align:center;"|46.7% _1,681_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _48_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.4%** _2,593_|style="text-align:center;"|24.8% _876_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _63_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.1%** _2,250_|style="text-align:center;"|25.1% _893_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.8% _422_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.7%** _1,939_|style="text-align:center;"|46.9% _1,725_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _15_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.2%** _2,824_|style="text-align:center;"|29.2% _1,176_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.6%** _2,991_|style="text-align:center;"|28.2% _1,177_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.0%** _3,527_|style="text-align:center;"|25.6% _1,220_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.5%** _2,632_|style="text-align:center;"|38.4% _1,673_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _49_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.5%** _3,185_|style="text-align:center;"|31.0% _1,442_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.0%** _4,086_|style="text-align:center;"|33.4% _2,067_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _34_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.8%** _3,872_|style="text-align:center;"|40.7% _2,682_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _33_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|44.5% _2,647_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.0%** _3,216_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _90_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.2%** _4,231_|style="text-align:center;"|23.6% _1,328_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _68_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.9%** _3,161_|style="text-align:center;"|30.8% _1,683_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.3% _614_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.8%** _3,189_|style="text-align:center;"|34.8% _1,764_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _122_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|45.5% _2,699_|style="text-align:center;"|**49.4%** _2,930_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.2% _307_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|24.0% _858_|style="text-align:center;"|**35.8%** _1,283_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|40.2% _1,441_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.8%** _1,950_|style="text-align:center;"|44.0% _1,657_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.2% _158_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.5%** _2,324_|style="text-align:center;"|29.2% _1,085_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.3% _307_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.2%** _2,279_|style="text-align:center;"|46.8% _2,043_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _41_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|46.6% _2,153_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.5%** _2,424_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _39_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|49.4% _2,046_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**50.6%** _2,098_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.5%** _2,166_|style="text-align:center;"|19.4% _802_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|28.1% _1,157_|

### Unified school districts

- Pleasanton USD 344
- Jayhawk USD 346
- Prairie View USD 362

### Cities

- Blue Mound
- La Cygne
- Linn Valley
- Mound City
- Parker
- Pleasanton
- Prescott

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- _Plat Book of Linn County, Kansas_; North West Publishing Co; 44 pages; 1906.

## Other websites

- County
- Linn County - Directory of Public Officials
- 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

## 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 (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 as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 9591
- **population density sq mi**: 16.1
- **district**: 2nd
- **time zone**: Central