Linneus
Linn · USGS GNIS name record 736318
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These Census tracts have reference points near Linneus. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 4902 ↗
Linn County · MO
- Population
- 2,163
- Median home value
- $152,500
Census tract 4903 ↗
Linn County · MO
- Population
- 2,583
- Median home value
- $121,000
Census tract 4904 ↗
Linn County · MO
- Population
- 2,938
- Median home value
- $109,000
Census tract 4901 ↗
Linn County · MO
- Population
- 1,519
- Median home value
- $155,900
The source behind the name
USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Linneus ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 07/12/2010 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
John Holland platted the county seat, Linneus, of fifty acres that he donated in 1839. The town was first called linnville, collowing the name of the county. However, in 1840, the name became Linneus because there was already a Linnville in Jefferson County. The town name is derived from the Swedish botanist Carl von Linn, or Carolus Linneaus, known as the father of taxonomy. Johy U. Parsons, a local attorney, wished to honor Linneaus, yet a clerk misspelled the name to Linneus. Even though an 1857 act of legislation attempted to officially change the name to Linnaeus, tradition kept it the way the clerk first wrote it.
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