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Welcome to Woodville ...

Woodville is located in Adams County<1>.

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

Woodville is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Woodville: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Woodville ...

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

Beyond Illinois, there are 58 communities that are also named Woodville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Idaho, 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.

  • Keokuk
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Keokuk is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokuk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,090 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keokuk <4>
  • Hamilton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Carthage
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Canton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Canton is located in Lewis County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Warsaw
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Camp Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mendon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • La Grange
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Clayton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Golden
    (10 miles [16.1 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 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 (so far) for Woodville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Woodville post office opened in 1837. The Woodville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Adams, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodville - 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 Woodville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. 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).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/