The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 35 to 31 (-11%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Linn yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Linn’s history is told.
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Linn, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Linn is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Linn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sievers School in Hillsdale, 5.8 miles away.
Linn and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Linn
Sievers SchoolHillsdale · Building5.8miSt. Mary's Church, School and ConventPlato · Building8.3miSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 25-380-142Pioneer · Structure13.5miSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 58-010-376Buffalo · Structure14.5miSouth Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 58-062-270Redfield · Built 191214.9mi
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Sievers School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Linn?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Linn’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons