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Welcome to Woodbury ...

Woodbury is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodbury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Woodbury is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Woodbury (for example, toward Merom (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Woodbury: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Woodbury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Woodbury - they are located in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota (3), New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Vermont.

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

Communities near Woodbury ...

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

  • Effingham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Newton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Casey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Teutopolis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Neoga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Neoga is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neoga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neoga <4>
  • Greenup
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Toledo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Toledo is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toledo <4>
  • Watson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Stewardson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Dieterich
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodbury ...

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

Adding Woodbury to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Woodbury 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 Woodbury was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodbury.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodbury - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Woodbury area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Woodbury 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.