Linden is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

The city is host of the Linden Cherry Festival each spring.

Linden is located at 38°1′12″N 121°5′29″W / 38.02000°N 121.09139°W / 38.02000; -121.09139 (38.019989, -121.091450),[6] along California Highway 26 and is approx 13 miles ENE of Stockton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.5 square miles (19 km2), 99.30% of it land and 0.70% of it water.

There were 400 housing units at an average density of 53.3 per square mile (20.6/km2).

[10] Pavement, a band hailing from nearby Stockton, immortalizes the town in "Feed 'Em to the (Linden) Lions", song three on their 1992 EP, Watery, Domestic.

[11] Ervin Zádor, gold medalist at 1956 Summer Olympics in water polo and famous for being brutally punched in the Blood in the Water match, spent the last years of his life in Linden.

[12] Baseball superstar Aaron Judge, the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year, 2022 AL Most Valuable Player, and all time single-season American League home run king hails from Linden.