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History · Woodville Township

Woodville Township’s post office opened in 1874, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

1874first post office
0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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How Woodville Township began

When was Woodville Township founded?

1874

The Woodville Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Woodville (1874) and West Hill (1875), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 123152 years
Founding year: the first Woodville Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Woodville Township’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 Woodville Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Woodville Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodville Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Woodville
1874–1904
West Hill
1875–1900
18701950today
1cemetery inside Woodville Township
West Hill

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Woodville Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Woodville Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Woodville Township is one of eighteen townships in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 123 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 121. Woodville Township was established in 1873.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 155 to 123 (-21%).

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

Timeline

Woodville Township, 1874 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Woodville post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe West Hill post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe West Hill post office closes
  6. 1904Post officeThe Woodville post office closes
  7. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Woodville Township on the map, 1958 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Woodville Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Woodville Township on the 1958 USGS mapWoodville Township on the 1985 USGS map1958St Edwards sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Woodville Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Beaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJoliet Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Woodville Township’s history

What year was Woodville Township founded?

The Woodville Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.