Driving through Linesville, Pennsylvania on US 6

Linesville is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,040 at the 2010 census.[1] The town gets its name from its founders, which included William Line (the grandson of a Swiss immigrant), who migrated from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa the early 1820s,[2] and his relative, Amos Line, who was the town's surveyor and main proprietor. Amos Line "penetrated the western Pennsylvania wilderness as a member of the Pennsylvania Population Company in the early 1800s. U.S. Route 6 passes through the center of Linesville, leading east 17 miles (27 km) to Meadville, the Crawford County seat, and northwest then south 16 miles (26 km) to Andover, Ohio. South Mercer Street provides a shorter route to Andover (10 miles [16 km]), leading south across the Linesville Spillway of Pymatuning Lake to Pennsylvania Route 285