Lincolnville is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States.

[3] The city was named after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.

For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.

In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.

In 1855, Marion County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Lincolnville.

[4] The first settlers to the area were Heman Deal (1860) and Thomas Wise, Jr (1863).

[6] The first Lincolnville plat was filed by Robert C McAllister on May 18, 1872, but the patent from the United States government was not granted until August 23, 1878.

[8] In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington through Lincolnville to Caldwell.

Lincolnville is located in the scenic Flint Hills and Great Plains of the state of Kansas.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.22 square miles (0.57 km2), all of it land.

[10] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[11] Lincolnville has two buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

The 2020 United States census counted 168 people, 78 households, and 47 families in Lincolnville.

[27][28] The community is served by Centre USD 397 public school district.