The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLinden is a city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 226 in the 2000 census and 200 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 199 people in 2010, 200 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Linden yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Linden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Linden’s history is told.
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Linden, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Linden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Linden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Redfield GAR Hall in Redfield, 5.3 miles away.
Linden and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.