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History · Woodside

Woodside’s post office opened in 1869, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1930 on, and the census since 1920.

1869first post office
1on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Woodside began

When was Woodside founded?

1869

The Woodside post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1911. Another post office, Fredonia (1867), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 140 in 19202020 census: 190157 years
Founding year: the first Woodside post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1911.The full story ↓

What stands out about Woodside’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Woodside’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodside’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHOTCHKIN(1892) p008 On the Old York Road: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Woodside came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Woodside.

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Woodside was originally named the "Village of Fredonia" and underwent a name change to Woodside that was passed by the Delaware General Assembly on March 17, 1869. Woodside developed as a shipping center for fruit and grain after the Delaware Railroad was built in 1856. The Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Woodside, 1867 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Fredonia post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Fredonia post office closes
  4. 1869Post officeThe Woodside post office opens
  5. 1887Born hereHarry Hoch is born here
  6. 1892In the archiveHOTCHKIN(1892) p008 On the Old York Road
  7. 20th century
  8. 1930On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Woodside, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
HOTCHKIN(1892) p008 On the Old York Road1892HOTCHKIN(1892) p008 On the Old York Road
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Woodside on the map, 1930 to 1993

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

Woodside on the 1930 USGS mapWoodside on the 1956 USGS mapWoodside on the 1981 USGS mapWoodside on the 1993 USGS map1930Wyoming sheet · 1:62,500

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

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

HOTCHKIN(1892) p008 On the Old York Road
Retake this viewHOTCHKIN(1892) p008 On the Old York Road, 1892

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Woodside

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1996
Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church
Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gothic Revival1
Woodside Methodist Episcopal ChurchGothic Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Woodside, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 248

Between 140 and 248 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Woodside’s post office has been open since 1869. Another post office, Fredonia, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fredonia
1867–1869
Woodside
1869–today
18601940today

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Camden5 historic placesB+

Questions about Woodside’s history

What year was Woodside founded?

The Woodside post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1911.

What is on the National Register in Woodside?

One place: the Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church (listed 1996).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.