Linden is a town in and the county seat of Perry County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Linden had a population of 997. Linden was officially incorporated in 1850.
Linden is served by Perry County Airport, located 3.5 miles to the southwest.
Linden is named after the Thomas Campbell poem, "The Battle of Hohenlinden." Linden, Texas was in turn then named after the Tennessee town.
On September 1, 1930, the central part of the city was largely destroyed by a fire.
Geography
Linden is located at (35.612168, -87.841601).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.
Climate
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Linden racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 847
| 84.95%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 73
| 7.32%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 4
| 0.4%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 12
| 1.2%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 41
| 4.11%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 20
| 2.01%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 997 people, 468 households, and 257 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census