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History · Linntown

30% of Linntown’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Linntown’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 Linntown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18936 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1994. Watch Linntown change.Old housesHalf of Linntown’s homes were built before 1959.
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On the map

Linntown on the map, 1893 to 1994

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

Linntown on the 1893 USGS mapLinntown on the 1943 USGS mapLinntown on the 1953 USGS mapLinntown on the 1965 USGS mapLinntown on the 1973 USGS mapLinntown on the 1994 USGS map1893Sunbury sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story

How Linntown came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Linntown.

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The village of Linnville or Linntown came to be in the second half of the nineteenth century. Named for the Linn family who owned several farms on the south side of the Lewisburg-Mifflinburg turnpike (present-day Route 45), it originally consisted of just a few houses on the north side of the turnpike. Arrival of the railroad stimulated commercial ventures such as the Kulp Lumber Mill and the Lewisburg Chair Factory (1887, forerunner of Pennsylvania House). Linntown saw large population growth when the Linn farms were developed into residential building lots in the 1920s.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Linntown

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

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James Curtis HepburnAmerican physician, educator, and phonologist o… · b. 1815
Robert J. WalkerAmerican politician · b. 1801
Theodore Van KirkAmerican Air Force navigator; recipient of the … · b. 1921
Tasker H. Bliss8th Chief of Staff of the United States Army · b. 1853
James PollockAmerican politician · b. 1810
Betty BriceAmerican actress · b. 1888
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History across the town line

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

East Buffalo Township1 historic placeBLewisburg4 historic placesA+

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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 Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.