Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Woodson was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976.
Woodson dates its founding to 1859 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1863.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodson’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Woodson.
The village was platted on May 2, 1859, and incorporated on April 9, 1894. The village is named after Judge David M. Woodson.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
In 1859, according to Wikidata. Woodson’s post office opened in 1863.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.