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Welcome to Woodstock ...

Woodstock is located in Pulaski County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodstock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Woodstock is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Woodstock (for example, toward Columbia), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Woodstock: 606

Communities Also Named Woodstock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 40 communities that are also named Woodstock - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (4) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Woodstock ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodstock ...

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

Adding Woodstock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Woodstock post office opened in 1853. The Woodstock post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodstock.

Footnotes ...

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