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Welcome to Woods ...

Woods is located in Floyd County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woods, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Woods is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Woods lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Woods: 606

Communities Also Named Woods ...

While we believe that this Woods is located in Floyd County, we know of another 2 Kentucky communities named Woods. Those communities are located in the following counties: Harlan and Hopkins County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 33 communities that are also named Woods - they are located in Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, New York (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Woods ...

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

  • Pikeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Paintsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Prestonsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Coal Run Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
  • Inez
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Martin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wayland is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
  • Kermit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Kermit is located in Mingo County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kermit <3>
  • Warfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Allen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Allen is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Allen has also been known as:
    • Beaver Creek Junction
    • Beaver Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woods ...

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

Adding Woods to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Woods post office opened in 1904. The Woods post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woods.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Floyd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woods - 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/