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Woodford, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°06′47″N 77°24′32″W / 38.11306°N 77.40889°W / 38.11306; -77.40889
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Caroline
Elevation	125 ft (38 m)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	22580
Area code	804
GNIS feature ID	1500344

Woodford is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located primarily along Route 626 northwest of Bowling Green.

History

Downer's Crossing was a place to cross the Mattaponi River when the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad arrived in October 1836. By 1837, the town was named Woodford's Lane. Passengers who wanted to board the train would wave a handkerchief during the day or wave a light at night. The train did not usually stop at Woodford. With the general store, post office and train, the town began to grow from 30 citizens in the first decade of the 1900s to over a hundred by 1925. A main reason was the mill to produce excelsior, a product made from soft pines to pack furniture and fragile items for shipping, to stuff cushions for automobiles, and to reinforce gypsum wall boards. A post office called Woodford has been in operation since 1874. The community was named for William Woodford, an American Revolutionary War general. It was a stop on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, which was replaced by CSXT.

Edge Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodford, Virginia
2. Fisher, Terri L., and Kirsten Sparenborg. Lost Communities of Virginia. Earlysville, Va: Albemarle Books, 2011. Pages196-198.
3. "Caroline County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
4. Dyson, Cathy (July 20, 2003). "History and legend unlock origins of unusual names". The Free Lance-Star. pp. A7. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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