Linnville was the third
county seat
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of
Linn County, Kansas
Linn County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas, located along the eastern edge of Kansas, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat is Mound City, and its most populous city is Pleasanton. As of the 2020 cens ...
, United States. It is located immediately south of the old town site of
Paris
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, the first county seat of Linn County. The only remaining site of the former town is the Linnville Cemetery.
History
Sometime after 1858, the
Moneka Academy was moved to Linnville. After the county seat moved from Paris to
Mound City in 1859, an indecisive preliminary election to again relocate the county seat was held on May 22, 1865. Then an election to decide the county seat was held on May 30, 1865, in which Linnville received 533 votes to Mound City's 503, and Linnville became the county seat. Another election to decide the county seat was held on February 20, 1866, when Mound City received 635 votes to Linnville's 575. One more election for the county seat involving Linnville was held on May 29, 1866, on the same question, when Mound City received 617 votes, Linnville 301,
Mansfield
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176, with three votes to others.
Although Linnville is mentioned as never having a post office, one map of Kansas on the
Library of Congress
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website from 1870 mentions a "Linnville Paris P.O."
The Linnville Academy building was moved from Linnville to
Pleasanton in 1871.
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