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Welcome to Woodruff Corners ...

Woodruff Corners is located in Stephenson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Woodruff Corners: Woodruff Cors.

Woodruff Corners is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Woodruff Corners: 815 & 779<3>

Communities near Woodruff Corners ...

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

  • Rockford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Freeport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Byron
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oregon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Winnebago
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mount Morris
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Pecatonica
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Durand
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Durand is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <4>
  • Forreston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stillman Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodruff Corners ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Stephenson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodruff Corners - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Woodruff Corners area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Woodruff Corners 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.