The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Woolstock township was established in 1858, and its first Post Office for Woolstock was in 1868, located near the location of the Historic French Church, about 3 miles east of the town's location today. Woolstock was relocated when platted by the Western Town Lot Company in 1881, that relocated many rural communities towards newly laid railroad lines. The name was made by Gilbert Perry because of the settlers early trade of raising sheep for wool. Woolstock is the only town in the world with its name.
Located, east of the Boone River, the Native Americans used the area for hunting, fishing, and lodging. The Sauk and Meskwaki tribes continued to use the river seasonally through the first quarter of the 20th century.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Woolstock’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Woolstock’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Woolstock
See all 1 →Woolstock, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Woolstock is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Woolstock has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William J. and Hattie J. Zitterell House in Webster City, 6.8 miles away.
Woolstock and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.