Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Linden Depot. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1880.
The Linden post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Linden’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Linden.
Linden was platted in 1852 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office has been in operation at Linden since 1851.
Linden Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Linden, cut from the printed page as they were published.
born in Ross county, Ohio, and she came to Montgomery county, Indiana, with her parents who settled in Madison township as early as 1838. William Z. McBee devoted most of his life to farming, but in his old age he left the farm and moved to the town of Linden where he was interested in a bank, and there his death occurred in 1910 at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. His widow is still living in Linden.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Elijah M. Cox, subject of this sketch, grew to manhood on the home farm and he was educated in the common schools, and worked on a farm until 1898 when he came to the town of Linden where he has since been engaged in the automobile and livery business, also drayage. He has been very successful and has enjoyed a constantly growing business. He is exceptionally well equipped in every respect for the successful carrying on of this line of endeavor, and prompt and honest service is his aim.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
2014Linden United States Post Office
2014Linden Carnegie Public Library
2013Randolph Township, IN, USA - panoramio (5)
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2013Linden, IN, USA
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2013Linden Carnegie Library
2009Railroad Signal
2008Linden-tower
2008Linden-signEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Linden. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Linden.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
1907Sheet 1 of 1Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 130 and 759 people in every census since 1880.
14 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Linden’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Linden itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Linden post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Linden Depot (listed 1990).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (18), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
