Drew is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 community in Douglas County

Douglas County, Oregon

-National protected areas:* Crater Lake National Park * Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest * Siuslaw National Forest * Umpqua National Forest * Willamette National Forest -Adjacent counties:* Lane County, Oregon -...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, United States. It is located about six miles south of Tiller

Tiller, Oregon

Tiller is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 227 and the South Umpqua River, in the Umpqua National Forest....

 and 21 miles north of Trail

Trail, Oregon

Trail is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office with a ZIP code of 97541. Trail lies at the intersection of Oregon Route 227 and Oregon Route 62, just north of Shady Cove and west of Lost Creek Lake....

 on Oregon Route 227, surrounded by the Umpqua National Forest

Umpqua National Forest

Umpqua National Forest, in southern Oregon's Cascade mountains, covers an area of one-million acres in Douglas, Lane, and Jackson Counties, and borders Crater Lake National Park. The four ranger districts that comprise the Forest are Cottage Grove, Diamond Lake, North Umpqua, and Tiller Ranger...

.

Drew was probably named after Robert Drew, a local resident. Drew post office was established in 1902 and discontinued in 1971. In 1915 the community had a public school, and the nearest railroad point was 32 miles away in Riddle

Riddle, Oregon

Riddle is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,014 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.Riddle was founded by George Abner Riddle....

. As of 1990 there were only a few houses. Drew has a general store

General store

A general store, general merchandise store, or village shop is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general...

 and a museum in the former Tison School building, built of logs in 1906.

At one time Drew's economy was based primarily on logging

Logging

Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...

, but in a 2006 study, the federal government identified the Milo

Milo, Oregon

Milo is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, about 17 miles east of Canyonville on the South Umpqua River.Milo post office was established in 1923; Cora E. Buker was the first postmaster. It was named for Milo, Maine, the hometown of Amos O. Buker, who was the...

-Tiller-Drew area as a "community of concern" because of the negative impact the Northwest Forest Plan

Northwest Forest Plan

The Northwest Forest Plan is a series of federal policies and guidelines governing land use on federal lands in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It covers areas ranging from Northern California to western Washington...

had on it.