A few weeks back I finished up harvesting the town signs of Linn County with Michelle.
Here are some facts about Linn County:
+ Population is 230,299 making it the second most populous county in Iowa. Below Polk County and above Scott County.
+ Cedar Rapids is county seat and largest town.
+ Linn County was organized in 1839.
+ Named for Senator Lewis F. Linn of Missouri.
+ Home of the Czech Village.
+ Home of Coe College.
+ Home of Cornell College.
+ Home of Mount Mercy University.
+ Home of PrairieMoon on Main, a stop on the Tenderloin Trail 2.0.
+ Major highways are: I-380, IA-27, US-30, US-151, US-218, IA-1, and IA-13.
+ Adjacent counties are Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, and Jones.
+ Currently at its peak population.
Linn County has a beautiful courthouse:
The Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Linn County Freedom Rock is located in Central City, Iowa:
When I was there, it had yet to be painted, but should be painted by now. I will have to shoot back through there at some point and have a look. Probably on my way to Prairieburg.
With Linn County completed, this is the updated Photography 139 Conquest Map:
PURPLE=COMPLETED
52 counties finished. 52.5% of the Cyclone State conquered!
Here are the town signs of Linn County:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS
Population: 137,710 (+11,384)
Marion, Iowa
MARION
Population: 41,535 (+6,767)
Hiawatha, Iowa
Hiwatha!
Population: 7,183 (+159)
Mount Vernon, Iowa
MT VERNON
Population: 4,527 (+19)
Robins, Iowa
Welcome to Robins
Community Family Friends
Established 1888
Population: 3,353 (+211)
Fairfax, Iowa
HOME SWEET HOME
Fairfax
Est. 1863
Inc. 1936
Population: 2,828 (+705)
Center Point, Iowa
Center Point
Population: 2,579 (+158)
Ely, Iowa
ELY
ESTABLISHED 1872
Population: 2,328 (+552)
Lisbon, Iowa
LISBON
Est. 1875
Population: 2,233 (+81)
Palo, Iowa
PALO
Gateway to the Outdoors
Population: 1,407 (+381)
Walford, Iowa (Partially in Benton County)
WALFORD
Population: 1,366 (-97)
Central City, Iowa
CENTRAL CITY
EST. 1852
Population: 1,264 (-7)
Springville, Iowa
IT’S ALWAYS SPRING IN…
SPRINGVILLE
Population: 1,154 (+80)
Coggon, Iowa
Welcome to Coggon
“The one and only”
Population: 701 (+43)
Walker, Iowa
Welcome to…
WALKER
Population: 688 (-103)
Alburnett, Iowa
Alburnett
the comfort of country and community
Population: 675 (+2)
Bertram, Iowa
BERTRAM CITY LIMITS
Population: 269 (-25)
Prairieburg, Iowa
Welcome To Prairieburg
Population: 160 (-18)
The worst town sign in Linn County is pretty obvious. It is Bertram. The best they could manage is a city limits town sign.
I think the Best in Show in Linn County is pretty obvious. However, I’ll give Cedar Rapids some credit. For a large city, it has a pretty good town sign. I will also give some respect to the town signs of Robins and Palo, but clearly the best town sign belongs to Springville.
Springville – Best in Show – Linn County
There were a few alternate town signs in Linn County:
Robins – Alternate
Springville – Alternate
Springville – Alternate
Mount Vernon – Alternate
Mount Vernon – Alternate
Coggon – Alternate
Central City – Alternate
Alburnett – Alternate
Here is the current list of Best in Shows:
Best in Show – Adair County
Best in Show – Adams County
Best in Show – Audubon County
Best in Show – Benton County
Best in Show – Boone County
Best in Show – Bremer County
Best in Show – Butler County
Best in Show – Calhoun County
Best in Show – Carroll County
Best in Show – Cass County
Best in Show – Cerro Gordo County
Best in Show – Clarke County
Best in Show – Crawford County
Best in Show – Dallas County
Best in Show – Decatur County
Best in Show – Franklin County
Best in Show – Fremont County
Best in Show – Greene County
Best in Show – Grundy County
Best in Show – Guthrie County
Best in Show – Hamilton County
Best in Show – Hancock County
Best in Show – Hardin County
Best in Show – Humboldt County
Best in Show – Ida County
Best in Show – Jasper County
Best in Show – Kossuth County
Best in Show – Linn County
Best in Show – Lucas County
Best in Show – Madison County
Best in Show – Marion County
Best in Show – Marshall County
Best in Show – Mills County
Best in Show – Monona County
Best in Show – Montgomery County
Best in Show – Page County
Best in Show – Pocahontas County
Best in Show – Polk County
Best in Show – Poweshiek County
Best in Show – Ringgold County
Best in Show – Sac County
Best in Show – Shelby County
Best in Show – Story County
Best in Show – Tama County
Best in Show – Taylor County
Best in Show – Union County
Best in Show – Warren County
Best in Show – Wayne County
Best in Show – Webster County
Best in Show – Winnebago County
Best in Show – Worth County
Best in Show – Wright County
The next time we will hit the dusty trail for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT, we end up in Jones County.
I agree with all of your comments. I was shocked that Cedar Rapids had as good of a sign as they did. And Springville is the undisputed winner.
There were a few of these that had a gravestone vibe to them. But it was overall a great batch, and there are far more towns in Linn County than I realized.
Yeah, Springville is great! Even one of their alternate signs is sweet.
Something I forgot to point out, since there are just so many towns in Linn County (it is a huge county) and there are lots of Cedar Rapids suburbs is the Onslow alternate sign. I’m not sure it really qualifies as a town sign and is more like a veteran memorial. But I love the fact that if you look at it closely you can see that it used to be a rock in somebody’s yard. There is the name Gutzeit on the top. Then a picture of an elephant. Then under that it says Tom and Sherry. Maybe that will wear off more in the future, but they didn’t do a great job of cleaning that off. I didn’t notice it when I took the picture. Otherwise, I would have checked out the backside. Maybe it is a clue to where you find the holy grail or the templar treasure.