Linden, Tennessee facts for kids
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Linden
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Linden courthouse square
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Location of Linden in Perry County, Tennessee.
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 Linden
Location in Tennessee
Linden
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Perry |
| Incorporated | 1850 |
| Named for | "Hohenlinden", poem by Thomas Campbell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.00 sq mi (2.60 km2) |
| • Land | 1.00 sq mi (2.60 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 568 ft (173 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 997 |
| • Density | 992.04/sq mi (383.18/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
37096
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| Area code | 931 |
| FIPS code | 47-42720 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1291316 |
| Website | lindentn.org |
Linden is a town in and the county seat of Perry County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,015 at the 2000 census and 908 at the 2010 showing a loss of 107. 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.
Geography
Linden is located at 35°36′44″N 87°50′30″W / 35.61222°N 87.84167°W (35.612168, -87.841601).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all of it land.
Climate
| Climate data for Linden, Tennessee (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1962–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 76 (24) |
82 (28) |
89 (32) |
92 (33) |
96 (36) |
104 (40) |
105 (41) |
105 (41) |
101 (38) |
97 (36) |
93 (34) |
88 (31) |
105 (41) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 48.6 (9.2) |
53.2 (11.8) |
62.6 (17.0) |
72.0 (22.2) |
78.7 (25.9) |
85.1 (29.5) |
88.7 (31.5) |
88.5 (31.4) |
83.3 (28.5) |
73.2 (22.9) |
61.4 (16.3) |
51.9 (11.1) |
70.6 (21.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 37.5 (3.1) |
41.2 (5.1) |
49.3 (9.6) |
58.1 (14.5) |
66.4 (19.1) |
74.0 (23.3) |
77.8 (25.4) |
76.9 (24.9) |
70.5 (21.4) |
59.0 (15.0) |
48.3 (9.1) |
40.7 (4.8) |
58.3 (14.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 26.5 (−3.1) |
29.2 (−1.6) |
36.1 (2.3) |
44.2 (6.8) |
54.1 (12.3) |
62.9 (17.2) |
67.0 (19.4) |
65.4 (18.6) |
57.8 (14.3) |
44.9 (7.2) |
35.2 (1.8) |
29.6 (−1.3) |
46.1 (7.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −18 (−28) |
−10 (−23) |
6 (−14) |
19 (−7) |
30 (−1) |
36 (2) |
46 (8) |
41 (5) |
35 (2) |
21 (−6) |
6 (−14) |
−8 (−22) |
−18 (−28) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.60 (117) |
4.91 (125) |
4.93 (125) |
5.64 (143) |
6.36 (162) |
5.31 (135) |
5.06 (129) |
3.20 (81) |
4.20 (107) |
3.82 (97) |
3.89 (99) |
5.67 (144) |
57.59 (1,463) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.9 (2.3) |
0.7 (1.8) |
0.4 (1.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
2.1 (5.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 9.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 98.4 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
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Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1870 | 149 | — | |
| 1880 | 189 | 26.8% | |
| 1890 | 330 | 74.6% | |
| 1930 | 539 | — | |
| 1940 | 641 | 18.9% | |
| 1950 | 854 | 33.2% | |
| 1960 | 1,086 | 27.2% | |
| 1970 | 1,062 | −2.2% | |
| 1980 | 1,087 | 2.4% | |
| 1990 | 1,099 | 1.1% | |
| 2000 | 1,015 | −7.6% | |
| 2010 | 908 | −10.5% | |
| 2020 | 997 | 9.8% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 847 | 84.95% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 73 | 7.32% |
| Native American | 4 | 0.4% |
| Asian | 12 | 1.2% |
| Other/Mixed | 41 | 4.11% |
| 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.
Notable people
- Bob Harris (basketball) – a professional basketball player with the Fort Wayne Pistons and Boston Celtics.
- Clyde Milan – an outfielder with the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1922.
- Horace Milan – a Washington Senators baseball player who played outfielder from 1915 to 1917.
See also
In Spanish: Linden (Tennessee) para niños
