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History · Linn Township

Linn Township’s post office opened in 1878, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1920.

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Quick answers

How Linn Township began, and where its name came from

When was Linn Township founded?

1878

The Linn Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 282 in 19202020 census: 517148 years

How did Linn Township get its name?

Linn Township was named for Lewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.

Founding year: the first Linn Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Linn Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Linn Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Linn Township change.Old housesHalf of Linn Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Linn Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Linn Township on the map, 1893 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Linn Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Linn Township on the 1893 USGS mapLinn Township on the 1968 USGS mapLinn Township on the 1985 USGS map1893Washington sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Linn Township.

The story

How Linn Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Linn Township.

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Linn was founded in 1877. It was named for Lewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.

The first post office in Linn was established in January 1878.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Linn Township, decade by decade

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People over time

Linn Township, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 483

Between 282 and 483 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Linn Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Linn Township

Nobody well known was born in Linn Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Joe VoglerAlaskan politician · b. 1913
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Dorothy ThomasAmerican author and diarist · b. 1898
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Lambert EidsonAmerican educator, college football coach · b. 1880
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Linn Township
District Number 17Saint PaulZion

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Sherman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStrawberry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenleaf TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Linn Township’s history

What year was Linn Township founded?

The Linn Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.