Welcome to Woonsocket ...The city of Woonsocket is located in Sanborn County<1> and is the County Seat for Sanborn County. The pronunciation of Woonsocket: WOON-sah-kuht<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Woonsocket, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. When the people of Woonsocket refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Woonsocketer<3> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Woonsocket has a population of 647 people<4> (see below for details). Woonsocket is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Woonsocket lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Woonsocket: 605 The ZIP code for Woonsocket: 57385<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Woonsocket had an population of 647 people. This is a decrease of 1.22% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 10.14% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Woonsocket had a population of 655 people (which is 27.82% of the total population of Sanborn County). This makes Woonsocket the county's most populous community. The population of Woonsocket represents 0.08% of the total population of South Dakota (which has 814,180 people), making it the state's 127th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 655 people, the population of Woonsocket decreased 9.03% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 720 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Woonsocket. Communities Also Named Woonsocket ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Woonsocket - they are located in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Woonsocket. Communities near Woonsocket ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Woonsocket.
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 Woonsocket. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Woonsocket. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Woonsocket. 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 Woonsocket. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Woonsocket. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Woonsocket. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woonsocket ...Looking for more information about Woonsocket? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Woonsocket, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Woonsocket. Adding Woonsocket to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Woonsocket 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 Woonsocket was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Woonsocket. Footnotes ...
|