| Linn County contains six incorporated towns, as follows: Albany, the county seat, Halsey, Harrisburg, Brownsville, Scio and Lebanon, besides a number of small but thriving villages, the most prominent of which are Tangent and Shedd Station, on the railroad, and Peoria, Crawfordsville and Sodaville. The latter village is picturesquely situated among the hills about four miles east of Lebanon, and is a favorite summer resort for invalids and others on account of its mineral springs. | |
| Following is a list of the post offices in Linn county: Albany, Brownsville, Crawfordsville, Fox Valley, Halsey, Harrisburg, Jordan, Lebanon, Mabel, Miller's, Mt. Pleasant, Oakville, Peoria, Pine, Scio, Shedd, Sodaville, Sweet Home, Tangent, Waterloo. | |
| We glean the following facts from the books
of the County Assessor:
Total population of Linn County, 12, 677. Number of voters, 2,962. Number of acres of agricultural land, 483,658. Value of agricultural land, $420,170. Value of all lots, $731,219. Value of improvements, $36,760. Value of merchandise and implements, $842,619. Money, notes, accounts, and shares of stock, $1,674,867. Household furniture, pleasure carriages, watches, etc., $251,133. Number of horses and mules, 7,109; valued at $381,325. Number of cattle, 10,246, valued at $92,714. Number of sheep and goats, 39,600; valued at $47,489. Number of swine, 7,760; valued at $13,652. Gross value of all property, $8,286,472. Indebtedness within the State, $1,800,894. Exemption, $479,121. Total value of taxable property, $6,906,457. As equalized by the County Board, $9,009,593. |
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| County Officers:
County Judge -- L. FLINN County Commissioners -- LEVI DOUGLAS and MARION CUNNINGHAM. County Clerk -- N. BAUM. Sheriff -- J. J. CHARLTON. Treasurer -- I. M. BRUCE. Surveyor -- J. A. WARNER School Superintendent -- J. L. GILBERT Coroner -- J. A. DAVIS |
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