wˈeɪɹəm wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd æz ɐ nˈɑːnjˈuːniən kˈʌmpəni tˈaʊn ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd wˈʌn baɪ dʒˈʌdʒ ˈeɪ. vˈiː. bˈɑːɹkɚɹ ænd wˈɔːɹən dᵻlˈɑːnoʊ, mətˈɜːnəl ˈʌŋkəl ʌv fɹˈæŋklɪn ɹˈoʊzəvˌɛlt.
Wehrum was founded as a non-union company town in 1901 by Judge A. V. Barker and Warren Delano, maternal uncle of Franklin Roosevelt.