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Welcome to Woodyard ...So far, we found very little information about Woodyard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Woodyard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Woodyard, please Contact Us. Woodyard would have been located within present day Roane County<2>. The location of Woodyard has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Woodyard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. While the community is gone, the present day location for Woodyard is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Woodyard was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Woodyard once stood is in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Woodyard ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Woodyard - they are located in Illinois (2) and Maryland. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Woodyard. Communities near Woodyard ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Woodyard.
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 Woodyard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Woodyard. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Woodyard. 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 Woodyard. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodyard. See our Newspapers Page for Woodyard. Adding Woodyard to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Woodyard in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Woodyard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Woodyard in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodyard. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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