Linton, North Dakota Linton, North Dakota Emmons County Courthouse in Linton - Dedicated, October 6, 1934 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Emmons County Emmons County Courthouse in Linton - Dedicated, October 6, 1934 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Emmons County Location of Linton, North Dakota Location of Linton, North Dakota State North Dakota County Emmons Linton is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. The populace was 1,097 at the 2010 census. When compared with the other 356 metros/cities in North Dakota, Linton rates in the top twelve percent based on the number of its residents.
The town/city serves as a governmental, commercial and company core for Emmons County.
Item from "The City" column of The Bismark Tribune describing the day's festivities. In August 1898, territory 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.
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 town/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 Bismark and created a branch line to Linton.
The creation of Linton was the result of a political dispute between inhabitants in the northern half of Emmons County and those in the southern half.
In 1885, two years after the county was officially organized, the governmental center of county was in the town of Williamsport, which was positioned in the northern half of the county on the east side of what is today 9th Ave.
The citizens in the southern half were upset because the governmental center of county was so far away and most of the county leaders were from the north.
Eventually, it was decided to take a vote to see if inhabitants favored dividing the county in two.
If successful, the northern half would continue to be titled Emmons with Williamsport remaining the governmental center of county while the southern half would be titled Winona with the town of Winona serving as the new governmental center of county of government.
When the votes were tallied, inhabitants had decided against splitting the county.
The third resulted in a decision to move the governmental center of county to the center of the county and problematic a new town, which eventually turn into the town/city of Linton.
People in the North still wanted to keep the seat at Williamsport, however, so they preferred charges claiming that the election was "fraudulent and illegal", and obtained a court injunction to prevent the move.
Southerners became so incensed by this action that they went to Williamsport in January 1899 to take possession of the county records and transfer them to the new county seat.
The men were armed, and they met no resistance and took the records, including, as stated to an account by then-constable John Bartu, a two-ton safe (this safe is now in the compilation of the Emmons County Museum in Linton).
No charges were brought against the men, although the Williamsport interests succeeded in having the records brought back to their town/city and causing another election to be ordered which would require the approval of a majority of two-thirds of the voters to have Linton retain its position as governmental center of county (this election was never held). Although the records were brought back to Linton, the case dragged on in the courts for a several months, amid which time it was expected that it would end up in the state supreme court. The matter was finally settled when E.S.
Allen, the attorney for the citizens of Williamsport, moved that the case be dismissed, whereby the town/city of Linton prevailed and the seat of Emmons County has remained there ever since.
As a result of losing its position as the county seat, and because the Northern Pacific Railway preferred the Linton locale when they assembled a branch to the region in about 1897, Williamsport ceased to exist as a improve by the early years of the 20th century and the site today is occupied by farmland.
The community's earliest newspaper, The Emmons County Record, began printed announcement in 1884 in Williamsport but was relocated to Linton by Darwin R.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,097 citizens , 557 homeholds, and 316 families residing in the city.
17.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 3.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.1% were from 25 to 44; 29.9% were from 45 to 64; and 32.7% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,321 citizens , 613 homeholds, and 386 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 20.1% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 31.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Matthew's Episcopal Church c.1905, now the Emmons County Historical Society Museum Linton is positioned at 46 16 6 N 100 13 56 W (46.268360, -100.232110). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 0.75 square miles (1.94 km2), all of it land. Climate data for Linton, North Dakota (1981 2010) United States Enumeration Bureau.
National Association of Counties.
"National Register of Historic Places - Multiple Property Documentation Form - German-Russian Wrought Iron Cross Sites, Central North Dakota" (PDF).
"THE CITY - The Fourth at Linton".
"Emmons County, North Dakota - History and Stories of Williamsport".
Linton, North Dakota History - Linton's History by Historian, Ellen Woods.
"LINTON - The Town with a Splendid Past and a More Brilliant Future.
NDSU - Institute for Regional Studies & University Archives - North Dakota State University Archives.
Standard Atlas of Emmons County North Dakota, INCLUDING A PLAT BOOK of the Villages, Cities and Townships of the County.
"COUNTY SEAT MOVED - Some Emmons County People Reported to Have Forcibly Moved Records to Linton - Too Impatient to Brook Such Obstacles as the Formality of the Law - An Unexpected Development in the Fight Between Williamsport and Linton - Moved it Anyway".
"Explore the Emmons County Museum" (PDF).
"NEW ELECTION - New Election for the Location of the County Seat Ordered in Emmons County".
"COUNTY SEAT GOES TO LINTON".
"COURT IN EMMONS - Judge Winchester Leaves to Hold the Regular June Term of Court".
"COUNTY SEAT - CONTEST OVER THE COUNTY SEAT IN EMMONS COUNTY IS FINALLY SETTLED AND COUNTY SEAT REMAINS IN LINTON".
Bartu by Leonard Jellema, extracted from The USGen - Web - Project, Emmons County North Dakota.
History of North Dakota, Embracing a Relation of the History of the State from the Earliest Times Down to the Present Day, Including Biographies of the Builders of the Commonwealth.
Streeter, Pioneer Editor, for Thirty Years Editor of the Emmons County Record Lays Down the Pen in Favor of His Son and Retires From Active Life".
"Archives - Newspapers - Emmons County - Linton".
State Historical Society of North Dakota.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
City of Linton official website The Linton-Williamsport Rooster Fight - The Emmons County North_Dakota Courthouse Party of 1898-1899 Municipalities and communities of Emmons County, North Dakota, United States State of North Dakota
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