# Wonder, Oregon

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**Wonder** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Josephine County](/source/Josephine_County,_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), United States, on [U.S. Route 199](/source/U.S._Route_199) about 13 miles west of [Grants Pass](/source/Grants_Pass,_Oregon) and 8 miles east of [Selma](/source/Selma,_Oregon).[1] It is within the [Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest](/source/Rogue_River_%E2%80%93_Siskiyou_National_Forest).

The town apparently got its name in 1902 after John T. Roberson opened a [general store](/source/General_store) two miles south of [Wilderville](/source/Wilderville,_Oregon), and residents [wondered](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wonder) how he would get enough business to make a living as the area did not have many settlers.[2][3][4] Roberson began to call his store "Wonder Store".[4] Wonder post office was established in 1903 and Roberson was the first postmaster.[4] In 1915 Wonder had a population of 25, and a school that was also used as a church.[2] As of 1916 there was a Wonder station on the [California and Oregon Coast Railroad](/source/California_and_Oregon_Coast_Railroad) line here.[4] Sometime in the 1920s, the community moved two miles further west up Slate Creek.[4] The post office closed in 1959.[4]

## References

1. 1152614. Retrieved 2010-01-19.

1. Friedman, Ralph (1990). [*In Search of Western Oregon*](https://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&q=Wonder). 2nd ed. Caldwell, Idaho: [The Caxton Printers, Ltd](/source/Caxton_Press_(United_States)). p. 242. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.

1. [Writers' Program](/source/Federal_Writers'_Project) of the [Work Projects Administration](/source/Work_Projects_Administration) in the [State of Oregon](/source/Government_of_Oregon) (1940). [*Oregon: End of the Trail*](https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich). [American Guide Series](/source/American_Guide_Series). [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland,_Oregon): [Binfords & Mort](/source/Binfords_%26_Mort). p. [359](https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich/page/359). [OCLC 4874569](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4874569)

1. p. 1055–1056.

## External links

- [Images of Wonder, Oregon](https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%22Wonder%2C+Oregon%22&f=hp) from [Flickr](/source/Flickr)
- [Wonder, Oregon history](http://www.webtrail.com/history/wonder.shtml) from [Josephine County Historical Society](/source/Josephine_County_Historical_Society)

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