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History · Linn

Linn’s post office opened in 1928

Most of Linn was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993.

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How Linn began

When was Linn founded?

1928

The Linn post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, San Manuel (1925), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 73398 years
Founding year: the first Linn post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Linn’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Linn, and 5 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Linn’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Linn’s post office has been open since 1928. Another post office, San Manuel, opened and closed inside today’s town.

San Manuel
1925–1929
Linn
1928–today
19201970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Laguna SecaLane Number 1 ColoniaLane Number 2 ColoniaLos AngelesSan Manuel
Gone or out of use
Los Indios Gas FieldoilfieldSan Manuel Gas Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Linn
El Rucio

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

The story so far

Linn, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Linn yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Linn, formerly San Manuel-Linn, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Linn had a population of 733. The population was 801 at the 2010 census, down from 958 at the 2000 census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1928. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 801 to 733 (-8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Linn, 1925 to 1929

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1925Post officeThe San Manuel post office opens
  3. 1928Post officeThe Linn post office opens
  4. 1929Post officeThe San Manuel post office closes
By decade

Linn, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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Famous people

Famous people close to Linn

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

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Rubén HinojosaAmerican politician · b. 1940
Bobby PulidoAmerican singer · b. 1971
Gabrielle RuizAmerican actress · b. 1984
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Éric MolinaAmerican boxer · b. 1982
Alfredo Cantu GonzalezMarine Corps Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1946
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Cecilia L. RidgewayAmerican sociologist · b. 1947

Questions about Linn’s history

What year was Linn founded?

The Linn post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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), 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.