Page "Linwood, Kansas" Paragraph 10

Much of Linwood ’ s commerce came from the saw mills on the river, so the town had grown very near the banks of the Kansas River ( affectionately known as the “ Kaw ” River ) that flows eastward to the Missouri.

After the 1903 flood damaged and endangered much of the town, it was relocated about one mile ( 1. 6 km ) north to its present location out of “ the bottoms ” ( as they are still known today ) near the river.