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History · Woodmere

Woodmere dates to 1944

Most of Woodmere was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966.

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How Woodmere began

When was Woodmere founded?

1944

Woodmere dates its founding to 1944 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1899.

2020 census: 64182 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1899.The full story ↓

What stands out about Woodmere’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 Woodmere’s history is told.

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The story

How Woodmere came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Woodmere.

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Woodmere is one of the five municipalities, along with Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills, Orange Village and Pepper Pike, that originally formed Orange Township, the birthplace of President James A. Garfield. While the other four municipalities were established in the 1920s, Woodmere was incorporated as a village in 1944. Today, centered along Chagrin Boulevard, Woodmere serves as the primary commercial district for all parts of the original Orange Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Woodmere, 1899 to 1944

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Windmere post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Windmere post office closes
  5. 1944
    FoundingWoodmere is established
By decade

Woodmere, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Woodmere

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

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James A. GarfieldPresident of the United States in 1881 · b. 1831
Debra WingerAmerican actress · b. 1955
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Mary OliverAmerican poet · b. 1935
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Molly ShannonAmerican actress and comedian · b. 1964
Martha ChaseAmerican geneticist · b. 1927
Christine ChubbuckAmerican television news reporter · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Windmere, 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.

OrangeIts storyC+Beachwood2 historic placesCPepper PikeIts storyD

Questions about Woodmere’s history

What year was Woodmere founded?

In 1944, according to Wikidata. Woodmere’s post office opened in 1899.

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 Wikimedia Commons (5), 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.