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History · Woodland

Woodland’s post office opened in 1934

Most of Woodland was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 1970.

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How Woodland began

When was Woodland founded?

1934

The Woodland post office opened in 1934, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1965. Another post office, Bear Creek (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 177 in 19702020 census: 22192 years
Founding year: the first Woodland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1965.

What stands out about Woodland’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Woodland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1978. Watch Woodland change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodland’s history is told.

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On the map

Woodland on the map, 1899 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Woodland. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Woodland on the 1899 USGS mapWoodland on the 1902 USGS mapWoodland on the 1978 USGS map1899Wedowee sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Woodland.

The story so far

Woodland, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Woodland yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Woodland is a town in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Woodland had a population of 221. It incorporated in 1967.

Its first post office opened in 1934. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 184 to 221 (+20%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Woodland, 1878 to 1934

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Bear Creek post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Bear Creek post office closes
  4. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1934Born hereVern Gosdin is born here
  7. 1934Post officeThe Woodland post office opens
By decade

Woodland, decade by decade

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People over time

Woodland, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 221

Between 177 and 221 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Woodland’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Woodland’s post office has been open since 1934. Another post office, Bear Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bear Creek
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Woodland
1934–today
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1cemetery inside Woodland
Bear Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Woodland’s history

What year was Woodland founded?

The Woodland post office opened in 1934, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1965.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.