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History · Woodland

Woodland’s post office opened in 1848, and 56% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1880.

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56%homes built before 1940
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How Woodland began

When was Woodland founded?

1848

The Woodland post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 266 in 18802020 census: 391178 years
Founding year: the first Woodland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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.Old housesHalf of Woodland’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Woodland.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodland’s history is told.

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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 village in Barry County, Michigan, United States. The population was 391 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Woodland Township.

Its first post office opened in 1848. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 425 to 391 (-8%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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, 1950 to 1981

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 1950 USGS mapWoodland on the 1981 USGS map1950Nashville 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.

People over time

Woodland, census by census

010020030040050018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 495

Between 266 and 495 people in every census since 1880.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Questions about Woodland’s history

What year was Woodland founded?

The Woodland post office opened in 1848, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.