Editing Linden, Alabama (section)

==History==
Settled prior to 1818, the community was first known as "Screamersville", since the cry of wild animals could still be heard during the night. It became the county seat in 1819 and was then known as the "Town of Marengo". This was changed to "Hohenlinden" in 1823, to honor the county's earliest European settlers, French [[Bonapartism|Bonapartist]] refugees to the [[Vine and Olive Colony]].<ref name="adahmarengo">{{cite web|title=Alabama Counties: Marengo County|work=Alabama Department of Archives and History|url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/counties/marengo.html|access-date=November 30, 2007|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710175637/http://archives.state.al.us/counties/marengo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The name commemorated the [[Battle of Hohenlinden|battle in 1800]] at [[Hohenlinden]], Bavaria, where the French defeated the armies of both Austria and Bavaria. The spelling was later shortened to just "Linden."<ref name="marheritage">Marengo County Heritage Book Committee. ''The Heritage of Marengo County, Alabama'', pages 1-4. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000.  {{ISBN|1-891647-58-X}}</ref>