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History · Woodland

Woodland’s post office opened in 1905, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on.

1905first post office
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22%homes built before 1940
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How Woodland began

When was Woodland founded?

1905

The Woodland post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 853121 years
Founding year: the first Woodland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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

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The story

How Woodland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Woodland.

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Water powered sawmills and paper mills at Woodland used wooden logs and pulpwood floated down the Saint Croix River. These mills were connected to the national rail network via the Maine Central Railroad and under Georgia-Pacific operation originated or terminated over 6,000 railway carloads in 1973.

In 1950, the village voted to stay on Daylight saving time, so as to allow hunters an extra hour of daylight after work, as they would otherwise be hunting at night. It was known locally as "Deerlight Saving Time" and overlapped with the start of deer season, through November 1.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings 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

Woodland on the map, 1929 to 1987

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 1929 USGS mapWoodland on the 1932 USGS mapWoodland on the 1987 USGS map1929Calais 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 Woodland.

Every building

Woodland, building by building, 1919

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Famous people

Famous people close to Woodland

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

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Laurence TrimbleAmerican silent film actor, writer and director · b. 1885
Andrea GibsonAmerican poet and activist · b. 1975
George H. MosesAmerican politician · b. 1869
Styles BridgesAmerican politician · b. 1898
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott SpoffordAmerican author · b. 1835
Otis Tufton MasonAmerican ethnologist · b. 1838
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Woodland’s history

What year was Woodland founded?

The Woodland post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.