Wemme, Oregon
Wemme /ˈwɛmiː/ is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor, between Welches and Brightwood along U.S. Route 26. It is one of the communities that make up the Villages at Mount Hood.
Wemme | |
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 Barlow Road entrance in Wemme | |
  Wemme Location within the state of Oregon  Wemme Wemme (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 45°20′56″N 121°57′53″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Clackamas |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 97067 |
| Area code(s) | 503 and 971 |
The community was named for E. Henry Wemme, a Portland businessman who bought a Locomobile in 1899, the first automobile in Oregon.[1] He also bought the right-of-way to Barlow Road in 1912, bequeathing it to the public after his death two years later.
West Coast Airlines Flight 956
- West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashed on October 1, 1966 with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme. This accident marked the first loss of a DC-9.[2]
See also
References
- McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- Aircraft Accident Report. West Coast Airlines, Inc DC-9 N9101. Near Wemme, Oregon, Adopted: December 11, 1967
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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