Linn County, Kansas

Linn County
Linn County
County
	Linn County Courthouse in Mound City (2020)
	Location within the U.S. state of Kansas
	Kansas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 38°13′00″N 94°51′00″W / 38.2167°N 94.85°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Founded	February 26, 1867
Named for	Lewis F. Linn
Seat	Mound City
Largest city	Pleasanton
Area
• Total	606 sq mi (1,570 km2)
• Land	594 sq mi (1,540 km2)
• Water	12 sq mi (30 km2) 2.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	9,591
• Estimate (2021)	9,747
• Density	16.1/sq mi (6.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	LinnCountyKS.com

Linn County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas, located in along the eastern edge of Kansas, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.^[3] Its county seat is Mound City,^[4] and its most populous city is Pleasanton. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,591.^[1] The county was named for Lewis Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.^[5]^[6]

^ ^a ^b "QuickFacts; Linn County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ "County Population Totals: 2020-2021". United States Census Bureau. March 24, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
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^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 166.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.