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History · Wedderburn

Wedderburn’s post office opened in 1895, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Wedderburn was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Its Register listing is the Rogue River Bridge No. 01172. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1954 on.

1895first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Wedderburn began

When was Wedderburn founded?

1895

The Wedderburn post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 426131 years
Founding year: the first Wedderburn post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Wedderburn’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Wedderburn’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wedderburn’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewThe Rogue River Bridge, looking toward …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Wedderburn came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wedderburn.

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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. 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. 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.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Wedderburn, 1895 to 1954

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Wedderburn post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900In the archiveThe Rogue River Bridge, looking toward Wedderburn, Ore
  5. 1914Born hereJames Hargrove Meredith is born here
  6. 1932BuiltRogue River Bridge No. 01172 is built
  7. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Wedderburn, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
The Rogue River Bridge, looking toward Wedderburn, Ore1900The Rogue River Bridge, looking toward Wedderburn, Ore
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
IsaacLeePattersonBridgeSE2008IsaacLeePattersonBridgeSE
On the map

Wedderburn on the map, 1954 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wedderburn. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Wedderburn on the 1954 USGS mapWedderburn on the 1986 USGS map1954Gold Beach sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wedderburn.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

The Rogue River Bridge, looking toward Wedderburn, Ore
Retake this viewThe Rogue River Bridge, looking toward Wedderburn, Ore, 1900

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Wedderburn’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Wedderburn

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2005
Rogue River Bridge No. 01172
Rogue River Bridge No. 01172, built 1932
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals1
Classic Revival1
Modern Movement: Art Deco1
Moderne1
Rogue River Bridge No. 01172Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 1932

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Wedderburn’s post office has been open since 1895.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Knoxville

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Gold Beach2 historic placesB

Questions about Wedderburn’s history

What year was Wedderburn founded?

The Wedderburn post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Wedderburn?

One place: the Rogue River Bridge No. 01172 (listed 2005).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.