Wren is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Benton County,
Oregon
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,
United States
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. It is located at the junction of
U.S. Route 20 and
Oregon Route 223
Oregon Route 223 is a state highway in the U.S. State of Oregon, which runs between the town of Wren, Oregon and the city of Dallas, Oregon. It is known as the Kings Valley Highway No. 191 (see Oregon highways and routes) and is long. It ...
on the
Marys River.
Wren was named for George P. Wren, who
settled
A settler or a colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities. The entity that a settler establishes is a settlement. A settler is called a pioneer if they are among the first settli ...
in the area. The first form of the name was "Wrens", used for a station established by the
Oregon Pacific Railroad in the locality in 1886. In 1927, Wren was described as having "a railway station, general store, post office, and church. Four families live at this point."
Wren had a post office from 1887 to 1968.
See also
*
Harris Bridge (Wren, Oregon)
The Harris Bridge, located near Wren, Oregon, is a covered bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal gov ...
References
External links
Historic photos of Wren from Salem Public Library
1886 establishments in Oregon
Populated places established in 1886
Unincorporated communities in Benton County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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