Linn County, Missouri

Founding: 1837
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Lewis Linn, Missouri politician
Seat: Linneus (1839–)

Land area: 616 square miles

Population (2020): 11,874

Population (historic): 2,245 (1840); 9,112 (1860); 20,016 (1880); 25,503 (1900); 23,339 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1970s

Subdivisions: Seven cities; 14 townships

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,470 (23%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 32.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,339
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,025
Number of farms (1920): 2,513
Average farm size (1920): 129.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
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Linneus

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps a reference to the county's name . . . or to the Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus

Founding: 1839 (platting as Linnville); 1840 (post office)

Population (2020): 281

Population (historic): 860 (1880); 878 (1900); 760 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1910; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 47 (32.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Joseph Van Osdol Farm (c. 1865). 28725 State Route 129. Bucklin. Italianate.