Wedderburn, Oregon

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Wedderburn, Oregon

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

|image_skyline = IsaacLeePattersonBridgeSE.jpg

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|image_caption = Wedderburn can be seen from across the Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge.

|pushpin_map = USA Oregon#USA

|pushpin_label = Wedderburn

|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Oregon

|map_caption = Location within Curry county

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Oregon

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Curry

|government_footnotes =

|government_type =

|leader_title =

|established_title =

|established_date =

|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

|area_total_sq_mi = 1.26

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.06

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.20

|area_total_km2 = 3.26

|area_land_km2 = 2.74

|area_water_km2 = 0.52

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 426

|population_density_sq_mi = 403.03

|population_density_km2 = 155.62

|timezone = Pacific (PST)

|utc_offset = -8

|timezone_DST = PDT

|utc_offset_DST = -7

|elevation_ft = 289

|elevation_footnotes =

|coordinates = {{coord|42|25|58|N|124|25|24|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 97444{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/97444|title=Wedderburn OR ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}

|area_code = 458 and 541

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 41-79500

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2805463{{GNIS|2805463}}

|footnotes =

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Wedderburn is an unincorporated coastal community in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It is to the north of, and across the mouth of the Rogue River from Gold Beach, on U.S. Route 101. The Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge connects Wedderburn with Gold Beach.

History

Wedderburn was founded by R. D. Hume, a prominent local businessman in the fishing industry, who named the community after the home of his ancestors, Wedderburn Castle in Scotland.{{cite book|last=McArthur|first=Lewis A.|author-link=Lewis A. McArthur|author2=Lewis L. McArthur|author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur|title=Oregon Geographic Names|orig-year=1928|edition=Seventh|year=2003|publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press|location=Portland, Oregon|isbn=0-87595-277-1|pages=1018–19}} Wedderburn post office was established in 1895.

Wedderburn was originally a company town for Hume's salmon fishing monopoly, and besides his fishing fleet, he ran Wedderburn's cannery, store, race track and cold storage plant.{{cite web

| title = Oregon History: Emerging Economies

| work = Oregon Blue Book

| publisher = Oregon State Archives

| url =https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/facts/history/state-emerging.aspx

| access-date = March 24, 2007}} Hume had settled at the mouth of the Rogue in 1876, and he eventually owned all the land on both banks of the river from the Pacific Ocean to the head of the tidewater.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F|C}}. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Wedderburn has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.{{cite web|title=Wedderburn, Oregon|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=653353&cityname=Wedderburn%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|work=Weatherbase|publisher=CantyMedia|access-date=January 4, 2017}}

Education

It is in the Central Curry School District,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41015_curry/DC20SD_C41015.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Curry County, OR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-07-16}} which operates two schools: Riley Creek Elementary School (K-8) and Gold Beach High School.

The entire county is in the Southwestern Oregon Community College district.{{cite web|url=https://www.clatsopcc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-2-OR-CC-color-map.pdf|title=Oregon Community Colleges and Community College Districts|publisher=Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development|accessdate=2022-07-17}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left|2020= 426

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}

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