During the Civil War, a large Confederate encampment was located inside of Minden.

Close to thirty Confederate soldiers who died in the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill are buried in the Old Minden Cemetery.

[3] During the Great Depression, one of the two Minden banks failed and a fire destroyed a major section of the downtown area (1931).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.0 km² (12.0 mi²).

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,928 people, 5,189 households, and 3,126 families residing in the city.