Worden, Kansas

Worden, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Worden (2008)
Worden, Kansas
Worden, Kansas
Coordinates: 38°46′56″N 95°20′04″W / 38.78222°N 95.33444°W / 38.78222; -95.33444Coordinates: 38°46′56″N 95°20′04″W / 38.78222°N 95.33444°W / 38.78222; -95.33444
Country United States
State Kansas
County Douglas
Elevation 1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 785
GNIS feature ID 479499[1]

Worden is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States, located seven miles west of Baldwin City and nine miles east of Overbrook along U.S. Highway 56.

History

Worden had a post office from 1884 until 1904.[2]

The abandoned SM-65 Atlas-E missile site 548–2 is located roughly 1.9 miles southwest of Worden.[3]

Until 2011, USD 348 in Baldwin maintained the Marion Springs Elementary School, which was located in Worden.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ "548th SMS, Forbes AFB Site 2 – Worden, Kansas". Astlas Missile Silo. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gillispie, Jimmy (December 13, 2010). "School Board Closes Rural Elementary Schools by 5-2 Vote". Baldwin City Signal. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

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