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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Linden (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Linden. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Linden ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

In past government published Postal Guides, Linden was referred to as Linden Courthouse.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Linden. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Linden.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Linden is located in Perry County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Perry County: Benton, Decatur, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Linden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linden:

  • Perry County     (The home county of Linden)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
    • Coxburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chaseville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Wildlife Cove Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Decatur County
  • Hardin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
    • Johnson Ford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Johnson Ford is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 65,813 people
    • Swift
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Swift is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
    • Saltillo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
    • Centerview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Centerview is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
      • Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
    • Darden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Darden is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
    • Poplar Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
    • Chesterfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Sardis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Farmville is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
    • Reagan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Hickman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
    • Pleasantville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Hornertown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hornertown is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
    • Whitfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Aetna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Only
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Swan Bluff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Whitehouse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
    • Nunnelly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Salt Lick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
      • Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
    • Graham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Graytown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Graytown is located in Hickman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
  • Humphreys County
  • Lawrence County
  • Lewis County
  • Maury County
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
    • Slickrock Ford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
    • Ashland Ford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
    • Clifton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Waynesboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sorby ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Sorby is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
    • Collinwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linden, see our County-by-County Page for Linden.

Cemeteries Near Linden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linden.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Linden - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Linden had a population of 330 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Linden had a population of 964 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.

  • Horner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Horner is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horner
  • Beardstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pleasantville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Pope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pope is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
  • New Era ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • New Era is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
  • Lobelville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mousetail ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mousetail is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
  • Perryville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Perryville is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
  • Toms Creek ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Toms Creek is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
  • Oakview ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakview is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
  • Decaturville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hohenwald
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linden.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Linden ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linden.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Linden. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Linden and those printed in the larger area surrounding Linden.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> of Linden.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Linden:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Linden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Linden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.