Welcome to Linville ...

So far, we found very little information about Linville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Linville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Linville, please Contact Us.

Linville would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

The location of Linville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Linville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Linville is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Linville was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Linville still existed, it would have been in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Linville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Linville - they are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina (3) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Linville.

Communities near Linville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Linville.

• Newport
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Newport is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,129 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <6>
• Toledo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
  • Toledo is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,644 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toledo <6>
• Waldport
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldport
  • Waldport is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,261 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waldport <6>
• Siletz
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siletz have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siletz
  • Siletz is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Siletz <6>
• Yachats
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yachats have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yachats
  • Yachats is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yachats <6>
• Tidewater
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
  • Tidewater is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tidewater <6>
• Seal Rock
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Rock
  • Seal Rock is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seal Rock <6>
• Tillicum Beach
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillicum Beach
  • Tillicum Beach is located in Lincoln County
• Yaquina
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaquina
  • Yaquina is located in Lincoln County
  • Yaquina has also been known as:
  • Yaquina City
• South Beach
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Beach
  • South Beach is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Beach <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Linville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Linville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Linville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Linville. See our Newspapers Page for Linville.

Adding Linville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Linville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Linville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Linville post office opened in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Linville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/