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History · Woodford

Woodford dates to 1753, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1898 on, and the census since 1790.

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Quick answers

How Woodford began

When was Woodford founded?

1753

Woodford dates its founding to 1753 (Wikidata). It appears in the first U.S. census, 1790.

First census: 60 in 17902020 census: 355273 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1832.

What stands out about Woodford’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1840 and 1930, then more than doubled.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1997. Watch Woodford change.Older than the countryEstablished in 1753, 23 years before the Declaration of Independence.
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Start Woodford’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodford’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.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewCrude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Woodford, census by census

010020030040050018001850190019502000487 in 1840Low: 139

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1840 and 1930, then more than doubled.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

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

On the map

Woodford on the map, 1898 to 1997

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

Woodford on the 1898 USGS mapWoodford on the 1954 USGS mapWoodford on the 1997 USGS map1898Bennington 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 Woodford.

The story so far

Woodford, in brief

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

Woodford is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 355.

Woodford was established in 1753. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 424 to 355 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Woodford, 1753 to 1917

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1753
    FoundingWoodford is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1823Born hereTrenor W. Park is born here
  5. 1832Post officeThe Woodford post office opens
  6. 1840CensusPopulation peaks at 487
  7. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 20th century
  9. 1917Post officeThe Woodford post office closes
By decade

Woodford, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - VermontDate?Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Vermont
Today6 recent
Prospect base lodge2019Prospect base lodgeProspect Tbar Summit2019Prospect Tbar SummitWoodfordVT TownHall2017WoodfordVT TownHallWoodfordVT GeneralStore2017WoodfordVT GeneralStoreWoodfordVT Church2017WoodfordVT ChurchWoodford vt highlight2004Woodford vt highlight
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Vermont
Retake this viewCrude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Vermont

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Woodford’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Woodford had its own post office from 1832 to 1917.

Woodford
1832–1917
18301930today
1cemetery inside Woodford
Woodford

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.

Bennington29 historic placesA+SearsburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStamford1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPownalIts storyB

Questions about Woodford’s history

What year was Woodford founded?

In 1753, according to Wikidata. Woodford’s post office opened in 1832, and the first U.S. census counted 60 people here in 1790.

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.