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History · Woodboro

Woodboro’s post office opened in 1891

Most of Woodboro was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1966 on.

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How Woodboro began

When was Woodboro founded?

1891

The Woodboro post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Manson (1923), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 808135 years
Founding year: the first Woodboro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Woodboro’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 Woodboro are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woodboro’s history is told.

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The story so far

Woodboro, in brief

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

Woodboro is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 808 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Woodboro is located in the town. The ghost town of Manson was located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 813 in 2010, 808 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Woodboro, 1891 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Woodboro post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1923Post officeThe Manson post office opens
  5. 1924Post officeThe Manson post office closes
  6. 1931Post officeThe Woodboro post office closes
  7. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Woodboro, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Fall Foliage Near Tomahawk2012Fall Foliage Near TomahawkWoodboro Wisconsin Sign US8 Looking East2011Woodboro Wisconsin Sign US8 Looking EastWoodboro Wisconsin Looking North2011Woodboro Wisconsin Looking NorthWIMap-doton-Woodboro2004WIMap-doton-Woodboro
On the map

Woodboro on the map, 1966 to 1982

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

Woodboro on the 1966 USGS mapWoodboro on the 1982 USGS map1966Heafford Junction 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 Woodboro.

Famous people

Famous people close to Woodboro

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

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Dale WassermanAmerican playwright · b. 1914
Jay LeggettAmerican actor, improvisational comedian, produ… · b. 1963
Mike WebsterAmerican football player · b. 1952
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Justin Orvel SchmidtAmerican entomologist · b. 1947
Carl R. EklundAmerican ornithologist · b. 1909
Craig LudwigAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1961
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Woodboro had its own post office from 1891 to 1931. Another post office, Manson, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Woodboro
1891–1931
Manson
1923–1924
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Manson
Gone or out of use
Stewart Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Woodboro
Woodboro

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.

CrescentIts storyC−KingIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNokomisIts storyC−

Questions about Woodboro’s history

What year was Woodboro founded?

The Woodboro post office opened in 1891, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.