Woodruff, Arizona
Woodruff, Arizona | |
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 Location of Woodruff in Navajo County, Arizona. | |
  Woodruff, Arizona  Woodruff, Arizona | |
| Coordinates: 34°46′53″N 110°02′26″W / 34.78139°N 110.04056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Navajo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.78 sq mi (14.98 km2) |
| • Land | 5.77 sq mi (14.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,151 ft (1,570 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 191 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| ZIP code | 85942 |
| Area code | 928 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2582910[2] |
Woodruff is an unincorporated community in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Woodruff is 10.5 miles (16.9 km) southeast of Holbrook. Woodruff has a post office with ZIP code 85942.[3]
Woodruff was settled in 1876 by a group of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by Nathan Tenney and including Tenney's son Ammon M. Tenney. It was initially called Tenney's Settlement. In 1878 Lorenzo H. Hatch became the head of the LDS branch there. At that point it was named Woodruff after Wilford Woodruff.[4]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 191 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
As of the census[6] of 2010, there were 191 people, 65 households, and 49 families residing in Woodruff.
Education
[edit]It is in the Holbrook Unified School District.[7] The zoned high school is Holbrook High School.
References
[edit]- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodruff, Arizona
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 963
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Navajo County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/4). Retrieved March 18, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Woodruff – ghosttowns.com
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