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Welcome to Woodburn ...

Woodburn is located in Macoupin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Woodburn is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Woodburn lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Woodburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Woodburn - they are located in Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Woodburn ...

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

  • Alton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Alton is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,049 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <3>
  • Edwardsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Godfrey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Carbon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Wood River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Bethalto
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jerseyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • East Alton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • East Alton is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
  • Carlinville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Staunton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodburn ...

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

Adding Woodburn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Woodburn 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 Woodburn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Woodburn post office opened in 1837. The Woodburn post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodburn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Macoupin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodburn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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