Wemme 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 Clackamas County

Clackamas County, Oregon

Clackamas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county was named after the Native Americans living in the area, the Clackamas Indians, who were part of the Chinookan people. As of 2010, the population was 375,992...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor, between Welches

Welches, Oregon

Welches is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor between Zigzag and Wemme along U.S. Route 26. It is one of the communities that make up the Villages at Mount Hood....

 and Brightwood

Brightwood, Oregon

Brightwood is an unincorporated community within the Mount Hood Corridor in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located between Wemme and Sandy just off of U.S. Route 26 at an elevation of 355 meters. It is one of the communities that make up the Villages at Mount Hood.A post office...

 along U.S. Route 26. It is one of the communities that make up the Villages at Mount Hood.

The community was named

Oregon Geographic Names

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 for E. Henry Wemme

E. Henry Wemme

E. Henry Wemme was a wealthy businessman in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was an active business investor during the pioneering era of automobiles and aviation....

, a Portland businessman who bought a Locomobile

Locomobile

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 in 1899, the first automobile

Automobile

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 in Oregon. He also bought the right-of-way to Barlow Road

Barlow Road

The Barlow Road is a historic road in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon. It was built in 1846 by Sam Barlow and Philip Foster, with authorization of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon, and served as the last overland segment of the Oregon Trail...

 in 1912, bequeathing it to the public after his death two years later.

West Coast Airlines Flight 956

• West Coast Airlines Flight 956
  West Coast Airlines Flight 956
  West Coast Airlines Flight 956 was a scheduled commercial flight which crashed on October 1, 1966, approximately south of Wemme, Oregon, United States. Thirteen passengers and five crew members were aboard, and there were no survivors. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire...
  
   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.