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Welcome to Wood ...

Wood is located in Payette County<1>.

Wood is 2,130 feet [649 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Wood is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Wood lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wood: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Wood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Wood - they are located in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Wood ...

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

  • Ontario
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ontario is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <4>
  • Payette
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fruitland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Weiser
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Weiser is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <4>
  • Nyssa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <4>
  • Vale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Vale is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,806 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <4>
  • New Plymouth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Washoe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Washoe is located in Payette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
  • Buckingham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Buckingham is located in Payette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
  • Eaton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Eaton is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wood ...

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

Adding Wood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wood 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 (so far) for Wood was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Payette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wood - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Wood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Wood 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.