# Worden, Oregon

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**Worden** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Klamath County](/source/Klamath_County,_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), United States. It is about 14 miles (23 km) south of [Klamath Falls](/source/Klamath_Falls,_Oregon) and 3 miles (5 km) north of the Oregon–[California](/source/California) border on [U.S. Route 97](/source/U.S._Route_97_in_Oregon).[2]

## History

The [townsite](/source/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](/source/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company) (SP) during the time SP predecessor [Oregon Eastern Railway](/source/Oregon_Eastern_Railway) was building a railroad into Klamath Falls.[3] He was later elected Klamath County judge.[3] Worden station near [Dallas](/source/Dallas,_Oregon) in [Polk County](/source/Polk_County,_Oregon) on the SP [Falls City](/source/Falls_City,_Oregon) 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]

## References

1. *Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer*. 7th ed. [Yarmouth, Maine](/source/Yarmouth,_Maine): [DeLorme](/source/DeLorme). 2008. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.

1. pp. 1058–59.

1. [Writers' Program](/source/Federal_Writers'_Project) of the [Work Projects Administration](/source/Work_Projects_Administration) in the [State of Oregon](/source/Government_of_Oregon) (1940). [*Oregon: End of the Trail*](https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich). [American Guide Series](/source/American_Guide_Series). [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland,_Oregon): [Binfords & Mort](/source/Binfords_%26_Mort). p. [400](https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich/page/400). [OCLC 4874569](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4874569)

1. Friedman, Ralph (1990). [*In Search of Western Oregon*](https://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&q=Worden). 2nd ed. Caldwell, Idaho: [The Caxton Printers, Ltd](/source/Caxton_Press_(United_States)). p. 757. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.

## External links

- [Image of Worden](https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacharymaillard/5106521056/) from Flickr
- [Image of grain elevator in Worden](https://www.panoramio.com/photo/16462794) from Panoramio

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