Linden is a city in southern Genesee County, Michigan, United States.

[5] North Linden village was platted in the northwest corner of section 20 along the railroad on January 31, 1857.

[9] On May 18, 2007, a fire destroyed the historic Union Block of businesses and apartments on Broad Street.

In 2014, an underground gasoline leak from the Beacon and Bridge gas station affected Union Block and other downtown properties.

[7] A competing annual festival, Linden Mills Days, was launched in 2011 when Happenings pulled out of the city.

In 2012, Happenings was held on Linden Community Schools grounds; while successful, it could not logistically return in 2013.

In June 2012, the center's board of directors agreed to place a bid on a building in Fenton Township.

[14] Linden is a lowland area typical of southern Michigan consisting of marsh, swamplands, previously dredged marl bottom lakes and surrounded by the similar geographic area of Fenton Township.

The center receives some funding from a Genesee County senior millage and from Southern Lakes Parks and Recreation.