Town file
Wimer, Oregon
Wimer, Oregon (Jackson County, Oregon) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 589, "Pig Farm Murders" (17 April 2025). Small Town Murder episode 589 concerns Wimer, Oregon, a tiny community of 441 people in Jackson County, in the south-west of the state, about four hours and ten minutes from Portland.
- Town
- Wimer
- County
- Jackson County
- State
- Oregon
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 589
- Approximate location
- 42.553, -123.146
Episode 589 / 17 April 2025 / 176 min / full
Pig Farm Murders
"We are going to Wimer, Oregon... it's in Jackson County, Oregon." about 0:04:53
The case: Murder of Robert Haney (early September 2013); Murder of Stephen Delicino (summer of 2012). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Population
- 441
- Median age
- 61.4
- Median home value
- $376,800
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,190
- Cost of living
- 106
- Property crime
- ▼ about a quarter beneath the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ about half the national average
History, in brief
- Wimer lies along Evans Creek, north of the city of Rogue River. about 0:06:03
- The community was named for a relative of William Wimer, who edited a newspaper in Grants Pass. about 0:06:15
- William Wimer is also said to have established a post office in Wimer, which stayed open until 1909. about 0:06:24
- A covered bridge crosses the creek in Wimer; it collapsed into the creek in 2003. about 0:06:33
- The collapsed bridge was replaced with a look-alike, only 17 feet wide, built from stronger modern materials. about 0:06:53
- The county was the first of an eventual 35 counties in Oregon to require a 30-foot or greater fire break around homes and structures. about 0:06:53
- In 2007 residents voted not to reopen the county's 15 libraries, which had closed for lack of funds; it was the largest library closure in United States history, and they reopened with reduced hours a few months later. about 0:07:35
The reviews read out
5 stars
"The reviewer felt loved and safe, came in unstable and came out on even ground."about 0:08:04
"Beautiful and peacefully quiet."about 0:08:15
4 stars
"A lifelong resident calls it amazing, with little traffic and all four seasons, though admits bad drivers, potheads and homeless people; says low crime makes it good for families."about 0:08:26
3 stars
"Crime has skyrocketed with the pot grows and fentanyl, and there are better places to live."about 0:09:30
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Grants Pass, Oregon13 miles
- Wolf Creek, Oregon16 miles
- Kerby, Oregon35 miles
- Cave Junction, Oregon37 miles
- Springfield, Oregon104 miles
- Alsea, Oregon128 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.