Linn County, Kansas

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administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Mound City
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 350
Mound City, KS 66056-0350
Foundation : February 26, 1867
Made up from: Indian country
Area code : 001 913
Demographics
Residents : 9656  (2010)
Population density : 6.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1570 km²
Water surface : 20 km²
map
Map of Linn County within Kansas
Website : www.linncountyks.com

The Linn County is a county in the US state of Kansas . The county seat is Mound City .

Linn County is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in east Kansas, borders Missouri and has an area of ​​1,570 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Franklin County Miami County
Anderson County compass Bates County
Allen County Bourbon County Vernon County

history

L. F. Linn
growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 6336 -
1870 12,174 92.1%
1880 15,298 25.7%
1890 17,215 12.5%
1900 16,689 -3.1%
1910 14,735 -11.7%
1920 13,815 -6.2%
1930 13,534 -2%
1940 11,969 -11.6%
1950 10,053 -16%
1960 8274 -17.7%
1970 7770 -6.1%
1980 8234 6%
1990 8254 0.2%
2000 9570 15.9%
2010 9656 0.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010
Linn County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Linn County was formed on February 26, 1867 as free - but in fact settled by Indians - territory. It was named after Lewis Fields Linn , a US  -  Senator from Missouri.

Linn County has a National Historic Landmark , the Marais des Cygnes Massacre Site . A total of 8 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 30, 2017).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Linn County's 9,656 people lived in 4,022 households. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.38 people lived in the 4,022 households.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41.597  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,731. 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

Townships

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 485018. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ National Association of Counties , Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing , Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ Excerpt from Census.gov , accessed February 17, 2011.
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved April 2, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  6. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Kansas . National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.
  8. ↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Linn County ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved October 24, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Linn County, Kansas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 6 ′  N , 95 ° 1 ′  W