Linn County, Kansas
Linn County (county code LN) is een county in oost-centraal Kansas. In 2010 woonden er 9.656 mensen. De hoofdstad is Mound City. De grootste stad is Pleasanton. De county is vernoemd naar Lewis F. Linn, een Amerikaanse senator uit Missouri.
Geschiedenis
19e eeuw
Ontdekkingsreizigers in het begin van de 19e eeuw vonden verlaten mijnen langs een kreek ten zuiden van de Marais des Cygnes rivier. Niemand weet wie de mijnwerkers waren. Vroege bewoners van de regio besloten de waterweg "Mijnkreek" te noemen.
Geografie
Volgens het U.S. Census Bureau heeft de county een totale oppervlakte van 606 vierkante mijl (1.570 km2 ). Daarvan is 594 vierkante mijl (1.540 km2 ) land en 12 vierkante mijl (31 km2 ) (2,0%) water.
Mensen
| Historische bevolking | |||
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 6,336 | - | ||
| 1870 | 12,174 | 92.1% | |
| 15,298 | 25.7% | ||
| 17,215 | 12.5% | ||
| 1900 | 16,689 | -3.1% | |
| 1910 | 14,735 | -11.7% | |
| 1920 | 13,815 | -6.2% | |
| 1930 | 13,534 | -2.0% | |
| 1940 | 11,969 | -11.6% | |
| 1950 | 10,053 | -16.0% | |
| 1960 | 8,274 | -17.7% | |
| 1970 | 7,770 | -6.1% | |
| 1980 | 8,234 | 6.0% | |
| 1990 | 8,254 | 0.2% | |
| 2000 | 9,570 | 15.9% | |
| 2010 | 9,656 | 0.9% | |
| Est. 2017 | 9,726 | 0.7% | |
| Amerikaanse tienjaarlijkse volkstelling | |||
Linn County maakt deel uit van de Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Bevolkingspiramide
Overheid
Presidentsverkiezingen
Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen
| Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen | |||
| Jaar | Derden | ||
| 2016 | 78.2% 3,484 | 16.5% 736 | 5.3% 234 |
| 2012 | 71.1% 3,177 | 26.2% 1,170 | 2.7% 120 |
| 2008 | 66.8% 3,086 | 30.9% 1,425 | 2.3% 106 |
| 2004 | 64.3% 3,048 | 34.4% 1,631 | 1.3% 62 |
| 2000 | 59.0% 2,513 | 37.3% 1,587 | 3.7% 159 |
| 1996 | 49.0% 2,077 | 37.5% 1,590 | 13.4% 568 |
| 1992 | 34.2% 1,413 | 32.8% 1,353 | 33.0% 1,365 |
| 1988 | 58.6% 2,163 | 40.6% 1,497 | 0.8% 31 |
| 1984 | 70.3% 2,795 | 29.0% 1,152 | 0.7% 27 |
| 1980 | 64.9% 2,407 | 31.2% 1,157 | 3.9% 146 |
| 1976 | 52.0% 1,873 | 46.7% 1,681 | 1.3% 48 |
| 1972 | 73.4% 2,593 | 24.8% 876 | 1.8% 63 |
| 1968 | 63.1% 2,250 | 25.1% 893 | 11.8% 422 |
| 1964 | 52.7% 1,939 | 46.9% 1,725 | 0.4% 15 |
| 1960 | 70.2% 2,824 | 29.2% 1,176 | 0.6% 24 |
| 1956 | 71.6% 2,991 | 28.2% 1,177 | 0.2% 7 |
| 74.0% 3,527 | 25.6% 1,220 | 0.4% 20 | |
| 60.5% 2,632 | 38.4% 1,673 | 1.1% 49 | |
| 1944 | 68.5% 3,185 | 31.0% 1,442 | 0.4% 20 |
| 1940 | 66.0% 4,086 | 33.4% 2,067 | 0.6% 34 |
| 1936 | 58.8% 3,872 | 40.7% 2,682 | 0.5% 33 |
| 1932 | 44.5% 2,647 | 54.0% 3,216 | 1.5% 90 |
| 1928 | 75.2% 4,231 | 23.6% 1,328 | 1.2% 68 |
| 1924 | 57.9% 3,161 | 30.8% 1,683 | 11.3% 614 |
| 1920 | 62.8% 3,189 | 34.8% 1,764 | 2.4% 122 |
| 1916 | 45.5% 2,699 | 49.4% 2,930 | 5.2% 307 |
| 1912 | 24.0% 858 | 35.8% 1,283 | 40.2% 1,441 |
| 1908 | 51.8% 1,950 | 44.0% 1,657 | 4.2% 158 |
| 1904 | 62.5% 2,324 | 29.2% 1,085 | 8.3% 307 |
| 1900 | 52.2% 2,279 | 46.8% 2,043 | 0.9% 41 |
| 46.6% 2,153 | 52.5% 2,424 | 0.8% 39 | |
| 1892 | 49.4% 2,046 | 50.6% 2,098 | |
| 1888 | 52.5% 2,166 | 19.4% 802 | 28.1% 1,157 |
Onderwijs
Geünificeerde schooldistricten
- Pleasanton USD 344
- Jayhawk USD 346
- Prairie View USD 362
Gemeenschappen
Steden
- Blue Mound
- La Cygne
- Linn Valley
- Mound City
- Parker
- Pleasanton
- Prescott
2005 KDOT Kaart van Linn County (kaartlegende)
Meer lezen
- Plat Book of Linn County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 44 pagina's; 1906.
