Do you know of Woods ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Woods. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Woods.
Our sources for Woods (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Woods other than they indicate that Woods would be found somewhere in Putnam County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1908 and closed in 1921.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Woods ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Woods.
Within West Virginia, the name Woods is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Woods [Benton County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Woods [New Castle County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Woods [Fulton County].
- Illinois
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Woods [Madison County].
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Woods [Stevens County].
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Woods [Floyd County].
- Harlan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Woods [Harlan County].
- Hopkins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Woods [Hopkins County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Nantucket County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Woods [Nantucket County].
- Michigan
- Isabella County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woods [Isabella County].
- New York
- Cayuga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Woods [Cayuga County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Woods [Hamilton County].
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Woods [Cass County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Woods [Oklahoma County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Woods.
- Oregon
- Tillamook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Woods [Tillamook County].
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woods [Montgomery County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Cannon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Woods [Cannon County].
- Texas
- Panola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Woods [Panola County].
- Vermont
- Rutland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Woods [Rutland County].
- Wyoming
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Woods ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Woods:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Woods - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Putnam County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Putnam County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Woods could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |