Linden, Atchison County, Missouri

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Linden is an extinct hamlet in northwestern Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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History

Linden was the original county seat of Atchison County. [1] A variant name was Magnet. [2] A post office was established as Linden in 1846, and closed in 1871. The post office was reestablished as Magnet in 1880, and was discontinued in 1900. [3] An 1882 map depicts both Linden and Magnet. [4] The present name is for linden trees near the original town site. [5] The population in 1915 was about 30. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Gamble, William H. "County map of the states of Iowa and Missouri, 1860". Iowa Digital Library. S. Augustus Mitchell 1860. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Linden, Atchison County, Missouri
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ Cram, George Frankling. "New railroad and county map of Missouri, 1882". David Rumsey Map Collection. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Atchison County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Williams, Walter (1915). A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 334.

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