Welcome to Woodside ...

Woodside is located in Ravalli County<1> (at the time of its founding, Woodside was located in Missoula County).

The location of Woodside has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodside, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Woodside is 3,480 feet [1,061 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Woodside is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Woodside lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Woodside and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The telephone area code for Woodside: (406)

Communities Also Named Woodside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 44 communities that are also named Woodside - they are located in Arizona (2), California, Delaware, Idaho (2), Illinois, Kentucky (3), Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick (2), New Jersey, New York (3), North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (6), Quebec, South Carolina, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Woodside ...

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

• Hamilton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <4>
• Stevensville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
  • Stevensville is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevensville <4>
• Pinesdale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinesdale
  • Pinesdale is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinesdale <4>
• Leisure Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
  • Leisure Village is located in Ravalli County
• Grantsdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsdale
  • Grantsdale is located in Ravalli County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantsdale <4>
• Victor
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
  • Victor is located in Ravalli County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victor <4>
• Bing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bing
  • Bing is located in Ravalli County
• Cinnabar Court
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Court
  • Cinnabar Court is located in Ravalli County
• Gorus
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorus
  • Gorus is located in Ravalli County
• Darby
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
  • Darby is located in Ravalli County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 825 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodside ...

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

Adding Woodside to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Woodside post office opened in 1890.

We also found Woodside in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodside.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodside. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ravalli County: www.co.ravalli.mt.us/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/