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History · Woodland

27% of Woodland’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1950.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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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.Boom and bustPeaked at 544 in 1970; 384 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1993. Watch Woodland change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodland’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Woodland, census by census

01002003004005006001960198020002020Peak: 544

Peaked at 544 in 1970; 384 people lived here in 2020.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

On the map

Woodland on the map, 1905 to 1993

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 1905 USGS mapWoodland on the 1958 USGS mapWoodland on the 1972 USGS mapWoodland on the 1993 USGS map1905Minnetonka 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.

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 city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, with lake shore property on Lake Minnetonka. The population was 384 at the 2020 census. Woodland was incorporated as the independent village of Maplewoods in December 1948. It was renamed "Woodland" in 1949.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 437 to 384 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Woodland, 1898 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Woodward post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Woodward post office closes
  5. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 544
By decade

Woodland, decade by decade

Today1 recent
WoodlandHennepin2007WoodlandHennepin
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Woodward, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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.

Wayzata2 historic placesC+DeephavenIts storyCMinnetonka2 historic placesC

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.