Settled prior to 1818, the community was first known as "Screamersville", since the cry of wild animals could still be heard during the night.

This was changed to "Hohenlinden" in 1823, to honor the county's earliest European settlers, French Bonapartist refugees to the Vine and Olive Colony.

[1] The city drains north to Chickasaw Bogue, a west-flowing tributary of the Tombigbee River, and south to Sycamore Creek, a tributary of Chickasaw Bogue.

At the 2000 census, there were 2,424 people, 938 households, and 662 families living in the city.

There were 1,084 housing units at an average density of 302.1 per square mile (116.6/km2).

[9] At the 2010 census, there were 2,123 people, 877 households, and 555 families living in the city.

There were 1,013 housing units at an average density of 281.4 per square mile (108.6/km2).

As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 1,930 people, 672 households, and 349 families residing in the city.

SR 69 runs north-south through the city cosigned with US 43 before leaving US 43 at the far south end of town heading southwest towards Myrtlewood and connecting to Butler by way of SR 10.

In her 2021 State of the State address, Governor Kay Ivey confirmed that her administration would be moving forward with a long proposed plan to expand US 43 to four lanes from "Thomasville to Tuscaloosa."