Woodrow, Texas
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Woodrow, Texas | |
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 One of four churches in Woodrow | |
  Woodrow  Woodrow | |
| Coordinates: 33°26′48″N 101°50′39″W / 33.44667°N 101.84417°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Texas |
| County | Lubbock |
| Physiographic region | Llano Estacado |
| Founded | 1910s |
| Elevation | 3,182 ft (970 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 806 |
| Website | Handbook of Texas |
Woodrow is an unincorporated community in southern Lubbock County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 85 in 2000. It is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The community was named for president Woodrow Wilson.[2] There was a lot of debate at first over naming the town Wilson or Woodrow, but supporters of Woodrow prevailed. In the 1930s, the hamlet had a church, an industry, and a dispersed housing stock. Woodrow had 100 residents and four enterprises in 1948. There were no recorded companies in 1971, and the population was 80. Woodrow operated four churches, a gin, a general store, and a shop that repaired farm equipment in the late 1980s. A huge cemetery and a tiny business sector separated about twenty-five homes. The population was 85 in 1990. In 2000, the population did not change.[3] It might have been named Woodrow because there is already a Wilson in neighboring Lynn County.
The 1970 Lubbock tornado caused a thunderstorm to form near Woodrow.[4] Another F0 tornado struck Woodrow on April 30, 2013. The brief landspout tornado formed along an outflow boundary from a nearby microburst and remained over open fields, causing no damage.[5]
Geography
Woodrow is located on U.S. Route 87, 10 mi (16 km) south of Lubbock in southern Lubbock County.[2] State Highway Loop 493 also travels through the community.[6]
