The story
Read it all →How Woodrow Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Woodrow Township.
Woodrow Township was named for Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States.
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History · Woodrow Township
1 of Woodrow Township’s places is on the National Register
Its Register listing is the Saum Schools. Most of Woodrow Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989.
1on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Woodrow Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodrow Township’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.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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1 historic place in Woodrow Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Saum Schools
Buildings
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Firman, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Gone or out of use
Fireman Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Woodrow Township
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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.
Kelliher TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCormant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShotley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBattle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townQuiring TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Woodrow Township’s history
What is on the National Register in Woodrow Township?
One place: the Saum Schools (listed 1980).
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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). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.