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History · Lincklaen

30% of Lincklaen’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1875 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Lincklaen’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lincklaen, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Lincklaen’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lincklaen’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCatlin Settlement (Village); Lincklaen …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Linklaen
1824–1956
Lincklaen Centre
1877–1918
Mariposa
1887–1940
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1891–1903
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lincklaen CenterMariposaRhode Island
Gone or out of use
Lane SchoolschoolPond SchoolschoolRed Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lincklaen
Lincklaen CenterRhode IslandWoodlawn

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Lincklaen came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lincklaen.

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The land was first settled circa 1796. Lincklaen was formed from the town of German in 1823. Parts of the town were removed to form the town of Pitcher in 1827 and 1833.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lincklaen, 1824 to 1956

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1824Post officeThe Linklaen post office opens
  3. 1875In the archiveCatlin Settlement (Village); Lincklaen Business Notices; Lincklaen (Township)
  4. 1877Post officeThe Lincklaen Centre post office opens
  5. 1887Post officeThe Mariposa post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1918Post officeThe Lincklaen Centre post office closes
  8. 1940Post officeThe Mariposa post office closes
  9. 1956Post officeThe Linklaen post office closes
By decade

Lincklaen, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s1 item
Catlin Settlement (Village); Lincklaen Business Notices; Lincklaen (Township)1875Catlin Settlement (Village); Lincklaen Business Notic…
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Catlin Settlement (Village); Lincklaen Business Notices; Lincklaen (Township)
Retake this viewCatlin Settlement (Village); Lincklaen Business Notices; Lincklaen (Township), 1875

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Otselic4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPitcherIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeRuyter1 historic placeA−

Questions about Lincklaen’s history

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Sources

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, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.