Linton

History

In August 1898, land located in the geographic center of Emmons County in Section 7 of Township 132 North, Range 76 West, of the Fifth Principal Meridian, was surveyed and platted by W.E. Petrie into lots, streets and alleys explicitly for the purpose of creating a seat for Emmons County. The site was named Linton, after George W. Lynn, who had settled in Emmons County in 1885. He was a farmer, lawyer, Emmons County's first States Attorney and for a while was the publisher of the Emmons County Free Press. The plat was filed with the register of deeds on December 30, 1898. Linton was incorporated as a village on April 26, 1906; and incorporated as a city on April 6, 1914. Charles Patterson, editor of the Emmons County Republican, was Linton's first postmaster, having received his commission for the post in March 1899. Linton received its first connection via long-distance telephone in 1905 when the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company established a line from Fargo to Bismarck and created a branch line to Linton. At the same time Bismarck was connected to the line of the South Dakota system so that each of the communities could communicate with each other in this way. The creation of Linton was the result of a political dispute between residents in the northern half of Emmons County and those in the southern half. In 1885, two years after the county was officially organized, the county seat was in the town of Williamsport, which was located in the northern half of the county in Township 135N, Range 76W, Section 15 on the east side of what is today 9th Ave. SE between 62nd St. SE and the vacated 63rd St. SE, two and a half miles northeast of Hazelton. The people in the southern half were upset because the county seat was so far away and most of the county leaders…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Linton has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

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Largest nearby schools

• LINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · Linton · 154 students · 9.1:1 ratio
• LINTON HIGH SCHOOL
  High · Linton · 88 students · 9.8:1 ratio
• STRASBURG HIGH SCHOOL
  High · Strasburg · 67 students · 9.6:1 ratio
• STRASBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · Strasburg · 55 students · 7.9:1 ratio