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Welcome to Worden ...

Although we found mention of Worden during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Worden had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

We've added Worden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Worden, please Contact Us.


The location of Worden has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Worden, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Worden is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Worden might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Worden would be found within the (785) area code.

Communities Also Named Worden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Worden - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Oregon and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Worden.

Communities near Worden ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Worden.

  • Lawrence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Ottawa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
    • Ottawa is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <4>
  • Eudora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Baldwin City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin City
    • Baldwin City is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,689 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwin City <4>
  • Wellsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
    • Wellsville is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,784 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsville <4>
  • Edgerton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgerton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
    • Edgerton is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,773 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgerton <4>
  • Carbondale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Carbondale is located in Osage County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
  • Overbrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook
    • Overbrook is located in Osage County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,005 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overbrook <4>
  • Pomona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
    • Pomona is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomona <4>
  • Lecompton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lecompton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecompton
    • Lecompton is located in Douglas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lecompton <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Worden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Worden.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Worden. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Worden.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Worden. See our Newspapers Page for Worden.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Worden ...

Looking for more information about Worden? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Worden, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Worden.

Adding Worden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Worden in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Worden was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Worden on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Worden.

The official website for Douglas County: www.douglas-county.com/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Worden and then turned west". While Worden could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Worden as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Worden 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Worden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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