[1] After the county seat moved from Paris to Mound City in 1859, an indecisive preliminary election to again relocate the county seat was held on May 22, 1865.

Then an election to decide the county seat was held on May 30, 1865, in which Linnville received 533 votes to Mound City's 503, and Linnville became the county seat.

Another election to decide the county seat was held on February 20, 1866, when Mound City received 635 votes to Linnville's 575.

One more election for the county seat involving Linnville occurred on May 29, 1866, on the same question, when Mound City received 617 votes, Linnville 301, Mansfield 176, with 3 votes to others.

[2] Although Linnville is mentioned as never having a post office,[3] one map of Kansas on the Library of Congress website from 1870 mentions a "Linnville Paris P.O.