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Do you know of Linn ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Linn. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Linn.

We found mention of Linn as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Linn County, Iowa.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Linn ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Linn.

Within Iowa, the name Linn is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Linn [Jefferson County].
    • Illinois
      • Wabash County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Linn [Wabash County].
    • Kansas
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Linn [Washington County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Linn [Sunflower County].
    • Missouri
      • Osage County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Linn [Osage County].
    • Ohio
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Linn [Pike County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Marshall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Linn [Marshall County].
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Linn [Linn County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Linn [Fayette County].
    • Texas
      • Hidalgo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Linn [Hidalgo County].
    • West Virginia
      • Gilmer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Linn [Gilmer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Linn ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Linn:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Linn - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Linn County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Linn County.

Alger 
 Lyons
Babcock 
BeverlyMondieu
Boulder 
Brandy BrookNorthwest
Broadway 
BurnettOak Grove
  
CrandicPinney
Crestwood 
 Robbins
DoveRural
Dry Cheek 
 Shaver
ElmontSylvia
  
FlemingvilleTrentham
  
Indian CreekVanderbilt
  
Kenwood ParkWaconia
Kingston CityWest Rapids

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Linn could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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