Official Name: | Worden, Oregon |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Oregon#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Worden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Klamath |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 4144 |
Coordinates: | 42.2681°N -121.4675°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1136925[1] |
Footnotes: | Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System |
Worden is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 14miles south of Klamath Falls and 3miles north of the Oregon–California border on U.S. Route 97.[2]
The townsite of Worden was purchased and laid out by William S. Worden, a member of a family of early Klamath County settlers.[3] [4] William Worden was a right-of-way agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) during the time SP predecessor Oregon Eastern Railway was building a railroad into Klamath Falls.[3] He was later elected Klamath County judge.[3] Worden station near Dallas in Polk County on the SP Falls City Line may have also been named for William Worden.[3] Worden post office was established in 1910.[3]
As of 1990, Worden had a 24-hour café and truck stop.[5]
. In Search of Western Oregon . Friedman, Ralph . Ralph Friedman . 1990 . 2nd . 757 . . Caldwell, Idaho . 0-87004-332-3.