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Welcome to Woodville ...

The city of Woodville is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1835.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Woodville has a population of 385 people<2> (see below for details).

Woodville is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Woodville: 706 & 762<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Woodville had an population of 385 people. This is an increase of 19.94% since the 2010 Census.

At the time of the 2010 Census, Woodville had a population of 321 people. This makes Woodville the county's 3rd most populous community.

More information can be found on the Census Page for Woodville.

Communities Also Named Woodville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Woodville: This one is located in Greene County and the other is located in Chatham County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 58 communities that are also named Woodville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (4), Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island (2), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Woodville ...

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

  • Carters Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carters Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
    • Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
  • Swaggy Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swaggy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
    • Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
  • Comfort ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comfort have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
    • Comfort is located in Greene County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
  • Greensboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gum Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
    • Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
  • Union Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crawford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Daniel Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniel Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
    • Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
  • Crawfordville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Arnoldsville
    (17 miles [27.4 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 Woodville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Woodville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodville ...

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

Adding Woodville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Woodville 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 Woodville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Woodville post office opened in 1835.

We also found Woodville on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1839.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Woodville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Woodville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Woodville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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