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History · Linden

Linden’s post office opened in 1845, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Linden Methodist Church and the Linden High School.

1845first post office
2on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Linden began

When was Linden founded?

1845

The Linden post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pedlars Creek (1843), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 504181 years
Founding year: the first Linden post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Linden’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Linden are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Linden’s homes were built before 1954.Deep rootsA post office since 1845: 181 years of Linden.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Linden’s history is told.

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The story so far

Linden, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Linden yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Linden is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 504 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Linden.

Its first post office opened in 1845. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 549 to 504 (-8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Linden, 1843 to 1875

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1843Post officeThe Pedlars Creek post office opens
  3. 1845Post officeThe Pedlars Creek post office closes
  4. 1845Post officeThe Linden post office opens
  5. 1850Born hereWilliam M. Treloar is born here
  6. 1851BuiltLinden Methodist Church is built
  7. 1875Born hereJohn Hammill is born here
By decade

Linden, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Old Edmund School House2015Old Edmund School HouseEdmund Water Tower2015Edmund Water TowerU.S. Highway 182013U.S. Highway 18Countryside Feed ^ Grain2013Countryside Feed ^ GrainBarn with an Addition2013Barn with an Addition
On the National Register

2 historic places in Linden

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Linden Methodist Church
Linden Methodist Church, built 1851Linden High School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late Victorian: Renaissance1
Linden Methodist ChurchBuilt 1851
All 2 listings
Linden High SchoolBuilding · listed 1993

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Linden

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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John HammillAmerican politician · b. 1875
William M. TreloarAmerican politician · b. 1850
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Linden’s post office has been open since 1845. Another post office, Pedlars Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pedlars Creek
1843–1845
Linden
1845–today
18401930today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Linden’s history

What year was Linden founded?

The Linden post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Linden?

Two places: the Linden Methodist Church (listed 1978) and the Linden High School (1993).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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 (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.