Do you know of Woodside ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Woodside. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Woodside.<1>
Our sources for Woodside (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Woodside other than they indicate that Woodside would be found somewhere in Polk County, Minnesota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1905.
Communities Also Named Woodside ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Woodside.
Within Minnesota, the name Woodside is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 36 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Woodside [Maricopa County].
- Yavapai County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Woodside [Yavapai County].
- California
- San Mateo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Woodside [San Mateo County].
- Delaware
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Woodside [Kent County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Woodside [Sangamon County].
- Kentucky
- Edmonson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Woodside [Edmonson County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Woodside [Jefferson County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Woodside [Pike County].
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Woodside [Rapides Parish].
- Saint Landry Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Woodside [Saint Landry Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Woodside.
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Woodside [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Bay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woodside [Bay County].
- Houghton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woodside [Houghton County].
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Woodside [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Oregon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Woodside [Oregon County].
- Montana
- Ravalli County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Woodside [Ravalli County].
- New Brunswick
- New Jersey
- New York
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Woodside [Erie County].
- Queens County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Woodside [Queens County].
- Westchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Woodside [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
- Pender County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Woodside [Pender County].
- Rowan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Woodside [Rowan County].
- Nova Scotia
- Ohio
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Woodside [Wood County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Woodside.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodside [Bucks County].
- Dauphin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodside [Dauphin County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodside [Fayette County].
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodside [Luzerne County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodside [Montgomery County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodside [York County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Woodside.
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Woodside [Greenville County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Woodside [Harris County].
- Utah
- Emery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Woodside [Emery County].
- Arizona
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Woodside ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Woodside:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Woodside - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Polk County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Polk County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Woodside could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |