Linnville, Brazoria County, Texas

{{Short description|Ghost town in Texas, US}}

{{For|the community in Calhoun County|Linnville, Calhoun County, Texas}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox settlement

| settlement_type = Ghost town

| pushpin_map = Texas

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|28.98914170|-95.76134120}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Texas

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Brazoria

}}

Linnville is a ghost town in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. It was founded during Reconstruction after the American Civil War by African Americans. It had a school, church, and a cemetery, called the Boone Cemetery.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Linnville, TX (Brazoria County) |encyclopedia=Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/linnville-tx-brazoria-county |access-date=August 31, 2024 |last=Kleiner |first=Diana J. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831190815/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/linnville-tx-brazoria-county |archive-date=August 31, 2024}}{{Cite book |last=Lundberg |first=John R. |title=The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822–1895 |date=2024 |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-1-64843-176-0 |series=Prairie View A&M University series |location=College Station, Tex. |page=190 |id={{Project MUSE|125349|type=book}}}}