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Wemme
—  Unincorporated community  —
Wemme Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates: 45°20′56″N 121°57′53″W / 45.34889°N 121.96472°W / 45.34889; -121.96472Coordinates: 45°20′56″N 121°57′53″W / 45.34889°N 121.96472°W / 45.34889; -121.96472
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clackamas
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
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Wemme 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.

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 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. ^[1]

See also

• Mount Hood Village CDP
• Village (Oregon)

References

Municipalities and communities of Clackamas County, Oregon County seat: Oregon City Cities Barlow | Canby | Damascus | Estacada | Gladstone | Happy Valley | Johnson City | Lake Oswego‡ | Milwaukie‡ | Molalla | Oregon City | Portland‡ | Rivergrove‡ | Sandy | Tualatin‡ | West Linn | Wilsonville‡ CDPs Clackamas | Jennings Lodge | Oak Grove | Oatfield | Sunnyside Hamlets Beavercreek | Mulino | Stafford Village Mount Hood Village Unincorporated communities Barton | Boring | Brightwood | Carver | Cazadero | Colton | Cottrell | Eagle Creek | Government Camp | Liberal | Macksburg | Marmot | Marquam | Marylhurst | Redland | Rhododendron | Riverside | Springwater | Wankers Corner | Welches | Wemme | Yoder | Zigzag Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties