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History · Woodville

Woodville’s post office opened in 1888

More historic than 23% of U.S. towns · #210 of 638 in Florida. What drives it

Most of Woodville was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1981 on and the census since 1990.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Woodville began

When was Woodville founded?

1888

The Woodville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 2,760 in 19902020 census: 4,097138 years

How historic is Woodville?

C−

More historic than 23% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Woodville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Woodville’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Woodville is more historic than 23% of U.S. towns, #210 of 638 in Florida. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Woodville’s overall grade.
Founding era1888, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19405.0% of homes (±6.1) · typical FL town 0.6% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical FL town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 23%
NewerOlder
Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 67%

Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Woodville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (33% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Woodville’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 Woodville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodville’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.
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The story so far

Woodville, in brief

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

Woodville is a census-designated place in Leon County, Florida, United States, just south of Tallahassee, Florida. The population was 4,097 at the 2020 census, up from 2,978 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The American Civil War Battle of Natural Bridge, in March 1865, occurred near what is now Woodville, at the Natural Bridge (approximately six miles from Woodville proper). This is where the St. Marks River drops into a sinkhole, the Natural Bridge Sink and flows underground, reemerging .25 miles (0.40 km) downstream.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,978 to 4,097 (+38%).

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

By decade

Woodville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Water tower2026Water towerWoodville sign on SB FL3632025Woodville sign on SB FL363White Church Cemetery2025White Church CemeteryLeon 2192 sign2025Leon 2192 signTraffic light at FL363 and CR22042024Traffic light at FL363 and CR2204
On the map

Woodville on the map, 1981 to 1999

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

Woodville on the 1981 USGS mapWoodville on the 1999 USGS map1981Woodville sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Woodville, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,50020002020Peak: 4,097

Between 2,760 and 4,097 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Woodville

Nobody well known was born in Woodville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Shea WhighamAmerican actor · b. 1969
Brad DavisAmerican actor · b. 1949
LoboAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1943
Piper CurdaAmerican actress · b. 1997
Carla HaydenAmerican librarian and 14th Librarian of Congre… · b. 1952
Kay AldridgeModel, actress · b. 1917
Places that used to be

Old corners

Woodville’s post office has been open since 1888.

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

Questions about Woodville’s history

What year was Woodville founded?

The Woodville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Woodville rank for history?

Woodville is more historic than 23% of U.S. towns, #210 of 638 in Florida. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Woodville?

5% of Woodville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1991.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), 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.