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History · Worden

Worden’s post office opened in 1900, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1952 on.

1900first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Worden began

When was Worden founded?

1900

The Worden post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 708126 years
Founding year: the first Worden post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Worden’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Worden are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Worden’s history is told.

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The story so far

Worden, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Worden yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Worden is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 708 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 666 to 708 (+6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Worden, 1900 to 1952

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Worden post office opens
  3. 1907Post officeThe Worden post office closes
  4. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Worden on the map, 1952 to 1976

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Worden. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Worden on the 1952 USGS mapWorden on the 1976 USGS map1952Stanley sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Worden.

Famous people

Famous people close to Worden

Nobody well known was born in Worden itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Andy NorthAmerican golfer, PGA Tour member, U.S. Open cha… · b. 1950
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Gary ReinekeCanadian actor · b. 1940
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Brian BrunkhorstAmerican basketball player · b. 1945
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Dave CahillAmerican football player · b. 1941
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Harland CarlAmerican football player · b. 1931
Robert Whitney BurnsUnited States general · b. 1908
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Worden had its own post office from 1900 to 1907.

Worden
1900–1907
19001960today
Gone or out of use
Breezy Hill SchoolschoolBusy Bee SchoolschoolGarfield SchoolschoolPioneer SchoolschoolRiverview SchoolschoolSouth Worden SchoolschoolVern Air ParkairportWorden Churchchurch
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Worden
GermanianNorwegianWorden

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

EdsonIts storyB−ButlerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townReseburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThorpIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Worden’s history

What year was Worden founded?

The Worden post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.