Linwood, Indiana

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Madison

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|subdivision_name3 = Lafayette

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|postal_code = 46001

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|blank_info = 18-44226{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

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Linwood is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana.

Linwood was likely named for the presence of linden trees.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n216 199]|quote=...apparently for the tree...}} It was originally called Funk's Station.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA815 | title=Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana | publisher=Wilson, Humprheys & Co. |author1=Forkner, John La Rue |author2=Dyson, Byron H. |name-list-style=amp| year=1897 | pages=815}}