Walden is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Cottage Grove, near the confluence of the Row River and Mosby Creek.[2]

Walden, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°46′31″N 123°0′19″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	97424

Walden was a station on the Oregon and Southeastern Railroad (now converted to the Row River Trail).[3] According to state representative and local lumber company owner L. L. "Stub" Stewart, the station was named for a family of early residents in the area.[3] There is a Nathan B. Walden listed in the 1880 Census for the Cottage Grove Precinct.[3] The 1973 film Emperor of the North was shot in the Walden area along the rail line.[4]

The Brumbaugh covered bridge, a National Register of Historic Places property, once stood near Walden, spanning Mosby Creek.[5][6] It was dismantled and the wood used in the Centennial Covered Bridge in Cottage Grove.[7] The Stewart and Mosby Creek bridges still stand in the Walden area, as well as the historic Walden Store & Gas Station building, built circa 1900.[4] The store closed in about 2002.[8]

Notable people

Opal Whiteley and her grandparents lived in Walden; Opal mentioned the area in her book The Diary of Opal Whiteley.[9]

References

External links

• Historic images of Walden from Salem Public Library
• Image of the Walden School from Center for Electronic Studying, University of Oregon
• Images of Walden from Flickr

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