Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
, United States. The community is approximately southeast of Cottage Grove, near the confluence of the
Row River
The Row River is a river, approximately long, in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It rises in the Cascade Range and flows into the Coast Fork Willamette River near Cottage Grove. The stream was originally known as the "East Fork Coast Fork", ...
and Mosby Creek.
Walden was a station on the Oregon and Southeastern Railroad (now converted to the Row River Trail). 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. There is a Nathan B. Walden listed in the 1880 Census for the Cottage Grove Precinct. The 1973 film '' Emperor of the North'' was shot in the Walden area along the rail line.
The Brumbaugh covered bridge, a
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
property, once stood near Walden, spanning Mosby Creek. It was dismantled and the wood used in the Centennial Covered Bridge in Cottage Grove. 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. The store closed in about 2002.
Notable people
Opal Whiteley
Opal Irene Whiteley (December 11, 1897 – February 16, 1992) was an American Nature writing, nature writer and diary, diarist who gained international fame for the publication of her childhood diary, which featured meditations and Naturalistic ...
and her grandparents lived in Walden; Opal mentioned the area in her book ''The Diary of Opal Whiteley''.