[8] 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."

[10] 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.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 997 people, 468 households, and 257 families residing in the town.

37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.