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Welcome to Woodland ...

Woodland is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Woodland is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Woodland lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Woodland: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Woodland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Woodland: This one is located in Marion County and the other is located in Saint Louis County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 71 communities that are also named Woodland - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), California (2), Connecticut, Delaware (2), Georgia (4), Idaho (2), Illinois (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota (4), Mississippi (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Ontario (4), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Utah (2), Virginia, Washington (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Woodland ...

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

  • Quincy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Quincy is located in Adams County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,589 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quincy <4>
  • Hannibal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Palmyra
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Monroe City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New London
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Payson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Payson is located in Adams County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 980 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <4>
  • Center
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ewing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Rensselaer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rensselaer is located in Ralls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
  • Hunnewell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodland ...

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

Adding Woodland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Woodland post office opened in 1872. The Woodland post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodland - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Woodland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Woodland area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/