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Welcome to Linton ...

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

We've added Linton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Linton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Linton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Linton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Des Moines County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Linton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Time Zone: The area where Linton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Linton was located: 319

Communities Also Named Linton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Linton - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Linton to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Linton was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Linton in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Linton.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Linton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Des Moines, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.