RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Maine >> Oxford County >> North WoodstockIndex...

Welcome to North Woodstock ...

North Woodstock is located in Oxford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Woodstock, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1847.

A typical abbreviation for North Woodstock: N. Woodstock

North Woodstock is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for North Woodstock: 207

Communities Also Named North Woodstock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named North Woodstock - they are located in Connecticut and New Hampshire.

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

Communities near North Woodstock ...

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

  • Rumford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Paris
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Paris is located in Oxford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
  • Norway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
    • Norway is located in Oxford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,990 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norway <3>
  • Bethel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mexico
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mexico have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
    • Mexico is located in Oxford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexico <3>
  • Dixfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Livermore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livermore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
    • Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,131 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Livermore <3>
  • Buckfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • West Paris
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Waterford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Woodstock ...

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

Adding North Woodstock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Woodstock post office opened in 1847.

We also found North Woodstock in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Woodstock.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Oxford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/