Traditionally, the Wadawurrung people occupied the land around Linton and called the area "Kayjup".

This was the beginning of the town we know today as Linton.. Chinese people, among others, mined the local shafts until the gold ran out.

The local Grenville Standard newspaper began publication in April 1895, and ran for 2,389 issues, ceasing 25 October 1941.

The Living Sculptures are indigenous gardens designed by Wadawurrung Traditional Owners shaped as a Buniya (Eel) and Kadak (Snake).

[6] In 2023, Golden Plains Shire commemorated Linton woman and acclaimed medical practitioner and pediatrician Vera Scantlebury Brown by commissioning a life-sized sculpture of her to be housed on the Avenue of Honour.