| Wedderburn, Oregon | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Wedderburn |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Oregon |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Curry |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.26 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.74 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.52 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 426 |
| Population Density Km2: | 155.62 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 39 |
| Coordinates: | 42.4297°N -124.4139°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 97444[2] |
| Area Code: | 458 and 541 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 41-79500 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1151991 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.26 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.06 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.20 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 403.03 |
Wedderburn is an unincorporated coastal community in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It is to the north of, and across the mouth of the Rogue River from Gold Beach, on U.S. Route 101. The Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge connects Wedderburn with Gold Beach.
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.[3] Wedderburn post office was established in 1895.[3]
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.[4] 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.[4]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Wedderburn has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[5]
It is in the Central Curry School District,[6] which operates two schools: Riley Creek Elementary School (K-8) and Gold Beach High School.
The entire county is in the Southwestern Oregon Community College district.[7]