Welcome to Woodside ...

So far, we found very little information about Woodside. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Woodside to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Woodside, please Contact Us.

Woodside would have been located within present day Lewis County<2>.

The location of Woodside has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodside, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Woodside is 3,790 feet [1,155 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Woodside is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Woodside was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Woodside would have been located in the (208) & (986)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Woodside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Idaho communities named Woodside: This one is located in Lewis County and the other is located in Nez Perce County.

Beyond Idaho, there are 44 communities that are also named Woodside - they are located in Arizona (2), California, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky (3), Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick (2), New Jersey, New York (3), North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (6), Quebec, South Carolina, Texas and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Woodside.

Communities near Woodside ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Woodside.

• Lapwai
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapwai have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapwai
  • Lapwai is located in Nez Perce County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapwai <6>
• Cottonwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Cottonwood is located in Idaho County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood <6>
• Craigmont
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craigmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigmont
  • Craigmont is located in Lewis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craigmont <6>
• Nezperce
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nezperce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nezperce
  • Nezperce is located in Lewis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nezperce <6>
• Culdesac
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Culdesac have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culdesac
  • Culdesac is located in Nez Perce County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culdesac <6>
• Peck
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
  • Peck is located in Nez Perce County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peck <6>
• Ferdinand
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferdinand have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdinand
  • Ferdinand is located in Idaho County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferdinand <6>
• Reubens
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reubens
  • Reubens is located in Lewis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
• Ruebens
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruebens
  • Ruebens is located in Lewis County
• Chesley ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesley
  • Chesley is located in Nez Perce County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Woodside. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Woodside.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Woodside. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodside.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodside. See our Newspapers Page for Woodside.

Adding Woodside to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Woodside in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Woodside was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Woodside post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodside.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lewis County: www.lewiscountyid.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/