Do you know of Walden ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Walden. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Walden.
We found mention of Walden as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Communities Also Named Walden ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Walden.
Within Illinois, the name Walden is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Walden [Carroll County].
- Colorado
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Walden [Jackson County].
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Walden [Bibb County].
- Indiana
- Allen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Walden [Allen County].
- Iowa
- Cedar County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Walden [Cedar County].
- Kentucky
- Whitley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Walden [Whitley County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Walden [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Walden [Anne Arundel County].
- Mississippi
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Walden [Monroe County].
- New York
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Walden [Erie County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Walden [Orange County].
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Walden [Johnston County].
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Walden [Cass County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Walden.
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Walden.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Walden [Lane County].
- South Carolina
- Abbeville County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Walden [Abbeville County].
- Lexington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Walden [Lexington County].
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Walden [Hamilton County].
- Texas
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Walden [Jefferson County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Walden [Montgomery County].
- Vermont
- Caledonia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Walden [Caledonia County].
- Virginia
- Newport News City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Walden [Newport News City].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Walden ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Walden:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Walden - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Cook County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cook County.
Footnotes ...
<1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Walden could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |