Linn County, Kansas

Founding: 1856 (declared in 1855)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Lewis Linn, Missouri politician
Seat: Paris (1856–1859); Linnville (1865–1866); LaCygne (1871–1875); Mound City (1856–1865, 1866–1871, 1875–)

Land area: 594 square miles

Population (2020): 9,591

Population (historic): 6,336 (1860); 15,298 (1880); 16,689 (1900); 13,534 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1990s

Subdivisions: Seven cities; 11 townships

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,066 (19.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,011
Average outbuilding value (1930): $802
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,111
Average farm size (1920): 117.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania
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Mound City

Namesake: Sugar Mound, a nearby hill

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1859 (post office)

Population (2020): 647

Population (historic): 645 (1870); 888 (1890); 698 (1910); 655 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 183 (35.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Jesse Vance House (1882). 21426 State Route 7. Scott. Italianate.
2. *James Walker House (c. 1861). 15233 Road 400E. Stanton.
3. *Jonathan Swaggerty House (c. 1861). 3486 Jackson Road. Stanton.
4. *Charles Hadsell House (1862). 17500 Zook Lane. Valley.