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Welcome to Woodville ...

Woodville is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Woodville is 6,340 feet [1,932 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Woodville is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Woodville: 406

Communities Also Named Woodville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 58 communities that are also named Woodville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (4), Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island (2), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Woodville ...

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

  • Butte - Silver Bow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Butte - Silver Bow is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte - Silver Bow
    • Estimated population in 2019: 34,207 people
  • Walkerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • North Walkerville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • North Walkerville is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Walkerville
  • Butte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Williamsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Williamsburg is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Elk Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Elk Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
  • Janney
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Janney is located in Silver Bow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney
  • Ramsay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pipestone Hot Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pipestone Hot Springs is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone Hot Springs
  • Pipestone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pipestone is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodville ...

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

Adding Woodville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Woodville post office opened in 1882. The Woodville post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodville.

Footnotes ...

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