Welcome to Woolum ...
Woolum is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.
Woolum is located in Van Buren County<1>.
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The location of Woolum has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Woolum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.
Woolum is 1,760 feet [536 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Woolum lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Woolum: 501
Communities Also Named Woolum ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Woolum: This one is located in Van Buren County and the other is located in Searcy County.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Woolum.
Communities near Woolum ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Woolum.
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Clinton is located in Van Buren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,506 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
- Marshall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Searcy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <4>
- Leslie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Leslie is located in Searcy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leslie <4>
- Gilbert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert is located in Searcy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <4>
- Alread
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Crabtree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Rex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Watts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Dennard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennard
- Dennard is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dennard <4>
- Rumley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Rumley is located in Van Buren 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 Woolum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Woolum.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Woolum. 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 Woolum.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Woolum. See our Newspapers Page for Woolum.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woolum ...
Looking for more information about Woolum? 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 Woolum, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Woolum.
Adding Woolum to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Woolum 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 Woolum was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Woolum post office opened in 1908.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Woolum.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woolum. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Van Buren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woolum - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |