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Welcome to Windwood Village ...

Windwood Village is located in Douglas County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Windwood Village: Windwood Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Windwood Village is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Windwood Village lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Windwood Village (for example, toward Fruithurst (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Windwood Village: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities near Windwood Village ...

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

  • South Fulton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Marietta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Smyrna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • East Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Pontevedra
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
    • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
  • Union City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kings Forest
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
    • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
  • Fairburn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Villa Rica
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Powder Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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 Windwood Village. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Windwood Village.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Windwood Village. 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 Windwood Village.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Windwood Village ...

Looking for more information about Windwood Village? 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 Windwood Village, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Windwood Village.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Windwood Village - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Windwood Village area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Windwood Village area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.