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Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
Wemme
Unincorporated community
Barlow Road entrance in WemmeBarlow Road entrance in Wemme
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Coordinates: 45°20′55″N 121°57′57″W / 45.34861°N 121.96583°W / 45.34861; -121.96583
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyClackamas
Elevation1,329 ft (405 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code97067
Area code(s)503 and 971
GNIS feature ID1152014

Wemme /ˈwɛmiː/ is an unincorporated community in the northwest United States, located in Clackamas County, Oregon, east of Portland. 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.

The community was named for E. Henry Wemme, a Portland businessman who bought a Locomobile in 1899, the first automobile in Oregon. 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 59 years ago in 1966, approximately 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Wemme. It occurred on Saturday night, October 1, with eighteen fatalities and no survivors, and marked the first loss of a Douglas DC-9 aircraft.

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wemme, Oregon
  2. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  3. Aircraft Accident Report. West Coast Airlines, Inc DC-9 N9101. Near Wemme, Oregon, Adopted: December 11, 1967
  4. Wyant, Dan (October 2, 1966). "Jet airliner missing near Portland". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1A.
  5. "West Coast plane missing with 18 aboard". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 2, 1966. p. 1.
  6. Wyant, Dan (October 3, 1966). "Investigators sift wreckage for clues". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1A.
  7. "Investigators probing WCA plane wreckage". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. October 3, 1966. p. 1.
  8. "None survive WCA crash". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 3, 1966. p. 1.
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County seat: Oregon City
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