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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.

  • Ripley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Spencer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clendenin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Reedy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
    • Reedy is located in Roane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
  • Flint Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
    • Flint Town is located in Roane County
  • Kentuck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
    • Kentuck is located in Jackson County
  • Island Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
    • Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
  • Rushville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rushville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
    • Rushville is located in Roane County
  • Romance
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
    • Romance is located in Jackson County
  • Kenna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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>

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Woodyard.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodyard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodyard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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