{"id":3706,"date":"2023-05-28T22:27:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:08:25","slug":"linn-county-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/linn-county-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Linn County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Linn County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the Missouri border in the east-central part of the state. It had a population of 9,591 at the 2020 census and covers 606 square miles (1,570 km2) centred near 38\u00b013\u2032N 94\u00b051\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Mound City is the county seat, and its postal code is 66056. The county holds seven incorporated cities and eight unincorporated communities, and the entire county is classified rural by the Census Bureau. Linn County sits in the Central time zone, and its FIPS code is 20107.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Linn County<\/h2>\n<p>Fifteen named places appear on the map of Linn County: seven incorporated cities and eight unincorporated communities, including one Census-designated place. No 2020 per-place population counts are published for Linn County&#8217;s small cities, so the table below marks those cells with a dash rather than an estimate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Mound City<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>66056<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pleasanton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>66075<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>La Cygne<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>66040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Linn Valley<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Blue Mound<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>66010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Parker<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>66072<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Prescott<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>66767<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Centerville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trading Post<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Boicourt<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cadmus<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Critzer<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Farlinville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goodrich<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mantey<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Linn Valley and Trading Post have no post office of their own and use neighboring ZIP codes for mail. Pleasanton is Linn County&#8217;s largest city by population even though Mound City is the seat, a split that carries over from the county&#8217;s 1867 organization.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>66056 &mdash; Mound City (also serves Trading Post and Linn Valley)<\/li>\n<li>66075 &mdash; Pleasanton<\/li>\n<li>66040 &mdash; La Cygne (also serves Boicourt)<\/li>\n<li>66010 &mdash; Blue Mound<\/li>\n<li>66072 &mdash; Parker (also serves Centerville)<\/li>\n<li>66767 &mdash; Prescott<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Six standard-delivery ZIP codes cover Linn County; the smaller unincorporated communities share the ZIP of their nearest post office town rather than carrying their own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Linn County covers 606 square miles (1,570 km2), of which 594 square miles are land and 12 square miles (2.0%) are water. The Marais des Cygnes River crosses the county and feeds the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, a wetlands preserve near Trading Post; Mine Creek, a tributary, runs south of the refuge through the site of an 1864 Civil War battle.<\/p>\n<p>Linn County borders Miami County to the north, Bates County, Missouri, to the east, Vernon County, Missouri, to the southeast, Bourbon County to the south, Allen County to the southwest, Anderson County to the west, and Franklin County to the northwest.<\/p>\n<p>Its neighbors on the townsvillages.com directory: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/miami-county-kansas\/\">Miami County, Kansas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bates-county\/\">Bates County, Missouri<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/vernon-county\/\">Vernon County, Missouri<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bourbon-county\/\">Bourbon County, Kansas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/allen-county-kansas\/\">Allen County, Kansas<\/a>, Anderson County, Kansas, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/franklin-county-kansas\/\">Franklin County, Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The 2020 census counted 9,591 residents in Linn County, with a median age of 46.2 &mdash; older than the statewide median. Pleasanton and La Cygne are the county&#8217;s two largest communities. The county is 92.9% White, 5.2% two-or-more-races, and 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, and the Census Bureau classifies the entire county as rural, with no urban area. Linn County&#8217;s median household income runs below the Kansas median of $70,333; local figures are not independently verified here, so no specific dollar amount is published. Population density works out to roughly 16 people per square mile of land.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture, particularly cattle grazing and row crops on the county&#8217;s rolling prairie, remains a core part of Linn County&#8217;s economy. The La Cygne Generating Station, a large coal-fired power plant on the Marais des Cygnes River near La Cygne, is one of the county&#8217;s most significant employers and a major regional electricity source. The Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge and Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site draw hunters, birdwatchers, and Civil War history visitors, supporting a small tourism trade around Pleasanton and Mound City.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Linn County was organized on February 26, 1867, and named for Lewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri. The area was long used by nomadic Native American peoples before European claims passed from France to Spain and eventually to the United States. On October 25, 1864, Union and Confederate cavalry fought the Battle of Mine Creek along the creek that gives the battlefield its name, one of the largest cavalry engagements of the Civil War west of the Mississippi; the site is preserved today as the Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Route 69 runs north&ndash;south through the eastern part of Linn County, linking Mound City, La Cygne, and Pleasanton toward Kansas City. Kansas Highway 152 and Kansas Highway 7 provide the main east&ndash;west and secondary north&ndash;south routes through the county.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kansas City, Missouri &mdash; about 65 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Fort Scott, Kansas &mdash; about 30 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Ottawa, Kansas &mdash; about 40 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Nevada, Missouri &mdash; about 35 miles southeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Kansas City International Airport, roughly an hour and a half&#8217;s drive from Mound City.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Linn County, Kansas?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits on the Missouri state line in east-central Kansas, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Linn County?<\/strong><br \/>\n9,591 people, per the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Linn County?<\/strong><br \/>\n606 square miles (1,570 km2), including 12 square miles of water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Linn County?<\/strong><br \/>\nMound City, though Pleasanton is the county&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Linn County?<\/strong><br \/>\nSeven incorporated cities and eight unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Linn County?<\/strong><br \/>\n66010, 66040, 66056, 66072, 66075, and 66767.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Linn County named after?<\/strong><br \/>\nLewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri, at the county&#8217;s organization in 1867.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/kansas\/\">Towns and villages in Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linn County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the Missouri border in the east-central part of the state. It had a population of 9,591 at the 2020 census and covers 606 square miles (1,570 km2) centred near 38\u00b013\u2032N 94\u00b051\u2032W. Mound City is the county seat, and its postal code is 66056. 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