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Welcome to Woodrow ...

Woodrow is located in Breckinridge County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodrow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Woodrow is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Woodrow (for example, toward Vine Grove), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Woodrow: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Woodrow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Woodrow - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Utah and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Woodrow ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Vine Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Brandenburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hardinsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Irvington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cloverport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Clarkson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ekron
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Dyer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
  • Harned
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodrow ...

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

Adding Woodrow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Woodrow 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 Woodrow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Woodrow post office opened in 1914. The Woodrow post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodrow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Breckinridge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodrow - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Woodrow area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Woodrow 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/