Linwood

History

Linwood was founded as Journeycake, named after Charles Journeycake, the last Delaware chief. People occasionally made fun of the name Journeycake by calling it "Johnny Cake." The community was platted on both sides of Stranger Creek, near the creek's mouth at the Kansas River. In May 1860, a treaty was signed at Sarcoxieville, northeast of Linwood, by Chief Sarcoxie of the Delaware and by the United States. After the treaty's signature, each member of the tribe was assigned a parcel of land, and the balance of the tribe's territories were sold to the predecessor of the Union Pacific Railroad. Meanwhile, the U.S. government established a trading post near Stranger Creek until the tribe was moved to the Indian Territory in 1867. Located beside the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, the trading post became the first school in the community. In September 1863, the Union Pacific Railroad began building the main line westward across the Great Plains from Kansas City, Kansas, to Denver, Colorado. This was the long-line railroad in Kansas for 2–3 years. The first were opened in 1864 from Wyandotte (now a suburb of Kansas City) to Lawrence. William A. Harris moved to Kansas in 1865 employed as a civil engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1868 it became the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The original community of Journeycake was officially platted as Stranger on July 11, 1867, and recorded at the Leavenworth County Courthouse. When the name Stranger became a problem for the Postal Service. who confused Stranger with a nearby community also named Stranger (referred to as "Big" Stranger), it was renamed Linwood on December 20, 1877. Legend has it that one day when the citizens were cutting wood for the church, Colonel Loring suggested they change the name to Linwood, because…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which are land and are water. Linwood is situated along the north bank of the Kansas River.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21,095
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,008
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  16,824
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  15,791
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  14,478
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,246
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,032
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  13,962

Largest nearby schools

• Tonganoxie Elem
  Elementary · Tonganoxie · 847 students · 13.2:1 ratio
• Basehor-Linwood Middle School
  Middle · Basehor · 660 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• Tonganoxie High
  High · Tonganoxie · 642 students · 13.7:1 ratio
• Tonganoxie Middle School
  Middle · Tonganoxie · 436 students · 14.5:1 ratio
• Glenwood Ridge Elementary School
  Elementary · Basehor · 340 students · 13.6:1 ratio
• Gray Hawk Elementary School
  Elementary · Basehor · 277 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• Linwood Elementary School
  Elementary · Bonner Springs · 247 students · 13:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2024-03-15
  2 km NE of Ferrelview, Missouri
• M 2.6 — 2018-07-20
  1 km WNW of Saint Joseph, Missouri
• M 3.1 — 2007-03-23
  5 km N of Nortonville, Kansas