Wimer, Oregon

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

{{Use American English|date=August 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Wimer, Oregon

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

|image_skyline = Wimer Covered Bridge.jpg

|imagesize = 250px

|image_caption = Wimer Bridge over Evans Creek

|pushpin_map = Oregon#USA

|pushpin_label = Wimer

|pushpin_label_position = bottom

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Oregon

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Jackson

|government_footnotes =

|government_type =

|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 = 4.96

|area_land_sq_mi = 4.96

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|area_total_km2 = 12.84

|area_land_km2 = 12.84

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 690

|population_density_sq_mi = 139.20

|population_density_km2 = 53.74

|timezone = Pacific (PST)

|utc_offset = -8

|timezone_DST = PDT

|utc_offset_DST = -7

|elevation_ft = 1194

|elevation_footnotes =

|coordinates = {{coord|42|32|58|N|123|08|26|W|type:city_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 97537{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/97537|title=Wimer OR ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}

|area_code = 458 and 541

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 41-82850

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2611786{{GNIS|2611786}}

|website =

|footnotes =

}}

Wimer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 678.{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4182850| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Wimer CDP, Oregon| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=October 30, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213091521/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4182850| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}} Wimer lies along Evans Creek north of the city of Rogue River.{{cite web|title=United States Topographic Map|publisher=United States Geological Survey|via=Acme Mapper|url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.538889,-123.147778&z=12&t=T&marker0=42.538889,-123.147778,Wimer%2C%20Oregon|accessdate=February 18, 2016}}

The community was named for a relative of William Wimer, who edited a newspaper in Grants Pass in 1886–87. Grants Pass is about {{convert|17|mi}} southwest of Wimer. William Wimer was also said to have helped establish a post office in Wimer, which remained open until 1909. Simon E. Simpkins was the first postmaster.{{OGN|7th|page=1048}}

Wimer Bridge is a covered bridge that crosses Evans Creek in Wimer. It replaced a 1927 version of the bridge that collapsed into the creek in 2003. In 2008, with the help of federal funds and local labor, the bridge was replaced with a look-alike using stronger materials. The one-way bridge, still {{convert|17|ft|m}} wide, as was the original, has a load limit of 10 tons.{{cite news|last=Mann|first=Damien|title=Wimer Bridge Lives!|newspaper=Medford Mail-Tribune|url=http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20080103/NEWS/801030337|date=January 3, 2008|publisher=Local Media Group|accessdate=February 17, 2016}} This version of the bridge opened to traffic in February 2008.{{cite web|title=International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering: Wimer Bridge|url=http://structurae.net/structures/wimer-bridge|publisher=Structurae|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}