Josephine County, Oregon
Wilderville
Wilderville is an unincorporated community in Josephine County — a rural place outside any city’s urban growth boundary. A state rulemaking now under way could change what can be built here.
- County
- Josephine County
- Designation
- Not a designated unincorporated communityRecorded in the statewide dataset but without the division 22 designation.
- Nearest urban growth boundary
- Grants Pass — about 4 miles awayWithin five miles of an existing boundary.
- Record status
- Not individually verified. Compiled from the statewide dataset.
Community records come from our statewide map dataset, built from Oregon geographic data (retrieved July 2026). 272 communities are listed; distance to a boundary is recorded for 253 of them. We publish what the data says and correct it when someone who lives here tells us it’s wrong.
What’s being proposed
Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission is considering new rules for housing in unincorporated communities. The stated goal is more housing. The rules could also let counties raise density, expand community boundaries, and permit more intensive urban uses outside urban growth boundaries. Whether Wilderville is affected depends on decisions that haven’t been made yet — which is why comment now matters.
Comment on the record for Wilderville
Comments naming a specific place carry weight the generic ones don’t. This opens the letter builder with Wilderville, Josephine County already filled in.
Write about WildervilleOn the map
Wilderville sits at 42.3823, -123.4670. The statewide map shows every community, its designation, and its distance to the nearest boundary.
Open Wilderville on the statewide map