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Welcome to Woodlawn ...

Woodlawn is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).

Woodlawn is located in Delta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodlawn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Woodlawn is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Woodlawn, you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Woodlawn: 906

Communities Also Named Woodlawn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 81 communities that are also named Woodlawn - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Florida (2), Georgia (3), Hawaii, Illinois (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (7), Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi (4), Missouri (2), Nebraska, New York (6), North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island, South Carolina (6), Tennessee (6), Texas (3), Virginia (9), Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Woodlawn ...

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

  • Escanaba
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gladstone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cornell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Nicholas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Nicholas is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
  • Watson ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Watson is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
  • Chandler
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chandler is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
  • Dryads ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dryads is located in Menominee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryads
  • Beaver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Beaver is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Flat Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Flat Rock is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • LaBranche
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • LaBranche is located in Menominee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaBranche

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodlawn ...

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

Adding Woodlawn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Woodlawn post office opened in 1905. The Woodlawn post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodlawn.

Footnotes ...

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