Linden, Atchison County, Missouri
Linden is an extinct hamlet in northwestern Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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]
Notable people
- J. Howard Moore - Zoologist, philosopher, educator and socialist
References
- ^ Gamble, William H. "County map of the states of Iowa and Missouri, 1860". Iowa Digital Library. S. Augustus Mitchell 1860. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Linden, Atchison County, Missouri
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^ Cram, George Frankling. "New railroad and county map of Missouri, 1882". David Rumsey Map Collection. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
- ^ "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) - ^ Williams, Walter (1915). A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 334.
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