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Welcome to Woodchopper ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodchopper, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1919.

Woodchopper is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Woodchopper lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Woodchopper: 907

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodchopper ...

Looking for more information about Woodchopper? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Woodchopper, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Woodchopper.

Adding Woodchopper to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Woodchopper in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Woodchopper was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Woodchopper post office opened in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodchopper.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodchopper - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/