Linden's boundaries extend south to north from Eighth Avenue to East Cooke and Ferris roads and west to east from Conrail tracks to Joyce Avenue/Westerville Road. The neighborhood is now known to have high vacancies, low investment in housing and businesses, and poor streets and sidewalks. Since the 1960s, the neighborhood's lower population led to a stagnant economy, with lower housing costs, unemployment, poverty, poor educational attainment, and high crime. Some houses and commercial buildings were demolished to make room for the interstate, though not to the extent of other areas like Milo-Grogan and King-Lincoln Bronzeville. Interstate 71 was built through the west side of the neighborhood in 1960-61. Civil rights activism also led reactionary white residents to leave, seeking more segregated suburbs. Major factors included urban unrest, suburban subsidies including low-interest loans, and governmental financing for road and highway construction outside of cities. In the 1960s, suburbanization affected Linden, drawing many residents away into other neighborhoods. The map racially targeted minority neighborhoods, and classified much of Linden as high-risk to investors. In 1935, a federal redlining map of the city was released. This rapid development was often controlled by deed restrictions, including setback, price, and race restrictions (barring African Americans and other minorities from purchasing property). The northeast corridor, including Linden, saw the greatest number of housing subdivisions constructed in the 1920s, 29 percent of the citywide total.
The annexation allowed for adequate utilities, which allowed for housing developments. Linden community leaders voted to allow the annexation in 1921, making Linden into a neighborhood of Columbus. The community was centered around Cleveland Avenue and Weber Road, and expanded territory south toward Columbus, in hopes Columbus would expand north. Their boundaries did not meet, making annexation impossible. The community had desired annexation into the city of Columbus early in its history. It was established in 1908 as Linden Heights Village, and grew into a bedroom community with a prominent commercial district centered on Cleveland Avenue. Early settlers such as Frederick Weber, Gustavus Innis and Henry Huy are commemorated in the names of local roads. The Linden neighborhood was part of a land grant by John Adams to George Stevenson of Delaware for his service in the American War of Independence. Since this time, Linden has struggled with poverty, crime, vacancies, and health and societal problems.
By the 1960s, suburban development and racial factors caused families, especially white residents, to leave the neighborhood. The neighborhood saw high levels of development in the 1920s.
It was established in 1908 as Linden Heights Village, and was annexed into Columbus in 1921. Linden is a neighborhood in northeastern Columbus, Ohio.
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