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Linwood dates its founding to 1860 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1867.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Linwood’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Linwood.
Linwood was founded as Journeycake, named after Charles Journeycake, the last Delaware chief. People occasionally made fun of the name Journeycake by calling it "Johnny Cake." The community was platted on both sides of Stranger Creek, near the creek's mouth at the Kansas River.
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Passages that mention Linwood, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Tudhope went to Nevada, Ohio, where he was employed in the repair work of the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1867, he came to Kansas, intending to give up railroad work and engaging in the fruit business. He selected the present site of Linwood, Kansas, as the spot for his fruit farm, but the Indians who owned the land would not sell, so he had to purchase land near by. He purchased fifty-six acres, one-half mile west of the present town of Linwood and which is now his home. Unable to realize his dream of a fruit farm, Mr. Tudhope went on to Lawrence,
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worth County just south of the town of Potter in Atchison County and runs thence in a southerly direction through Easton, Alexander, High Prairie, Stranger and Sherman townships and empties into the Kaw River just below Linwood. It was known far and wide as a good fishing stream. Along the valley are found some of the finest farms in the county. The valley early attracted settlers on account of timber along its banks and the rich soil adjoining. There are some twenty-two bridges spanning the stream. There are three covered bridges, one at Easton, one at Spring-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nobody well known was born in Linwood itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Linwood’s post office has been open since 1877. Another post office, Stringer, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1860, according to Wikidata. Linwood’s post office opened in 1867.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 →
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