Linden is actually the fourth seat of government for Perry County.  When the county was organized in 1819, it included what is now Decatur County on the western side of the Tennessee. The first court met at the home of James Dixon on Lick Creek, and then a site was chosen on the river for the county seat and named it “Perryville.” After the lands west of the river were ceded to Decatur County in 1846, the small settlement of Harrisburg, a few miles south of Linden, was made the new county seat. Two years later, county residents voted to move the county government to Linden.

The 110-acre Craig Farm was purchased by freed slaves Tapp and Amy Craig in 1871.  In the six years between the end of the Civil War and 1871, Tapp Craig, of African American, Anglo, and American Indian ancestry, and his wife, Amy, also of mixed ancestry, continued to work on the Guthrie Farm and traded a yoke of oxen for the $150 down payment to purchase the 110-acre tract of land from Samuel Young on 25 December 1871.

One of the oldest houses in Perry County, Tennessee, the James Dickson House, built in 1819, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.  According to local history, the first county court of Perry County met here the first Monday in January 1820, following the creation of the county by the Tennessee General Assembly late in 1819. 

As part of a project to preserve the history of Lobelville, a video was created from a slideshow made by Mr. Hugh Fisher, who would present his narrated slideshow to school children in the Lobelville schools.  This video was created in 2007 by the Perry County Historical Society in conjunction with PatVB Web Design and the City of Lobelville.  

Along the banks of the Buffalo River, in rural Perry County, lies a rich history. More than a decade ago, the Tennessee Department of Transportation unearthed thousands of prehistoric artifacts.

The Bromley Hotel, also known as the residence of Dr. Richard Calvin Bromley, was built in 1909-1911 as a full service hotel for visiting tourists and others.  It also served as his private residence and medical office.  His wife, Ardilla (Fluty) Bromley, operated a millinery shop on the second floor.  Located in the Flatwoods area, this structure is on the National Register of Historic Places.