Page Contents for Woodruff, South Carolina
Statistics & Facts
Location
History & History-related items
City Attractions
Government
Chamber of Commerce.
Libraries.
Schools.
Statistics & Facts
The South Carolina state capital is Columbia.
The population of Woodruff is approximately 4,365 (1990), 4090 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 1,800 (1990), 1550 (2010).
The amount of land area in Woodruff is 9.024 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.047 sq kilometers.
The distance from Woodruff to Washington DC is 409 miles.
The distance to the South Carolina state capital is 84 miles. (as the crow flies)
Woodruff is positioned 34.74 degrees north of the equator and 82.03 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Location
in the Piedmont, below the Blue Ridge Mountains between Spartanburg and Greenville. Here is a
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<h3>Weather</h3> <br>
moderate. Here is a <a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/local/29388">weather page</a> for Woodruff. <br>
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<a name="history" id="history"><h3>History & History Related Items</h3> </a>
<p><A HREF="http://www.infodepot.org/branches/historywdf.htm">History page</A> for Woodruff. The town was named for Thomas and Mary Woodruff, early settlers of the area right after the Revolutionary War. A post office was set up here in 1824 effectively beginning the town. Growth continued and Woodruff was incorporated in 1868 as a town. <br>
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<br><h3>The incorporation of Woodruff</h3>
(chartered) 1874<br>
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<A HREF="http://www.infodepot.org/stonesoup.htm">The Stone Soup Festival</A><br>
The Official Story Telling Festival of South Carolina<br>
For information write or call: <br>
Stone Soup Storytelling Festival <br>
P.O. Box 171<br>
Woodruff SC 29388 <br>
or call (864)967-7359 or (864)476-8770 <br>
The first Stone Soup Storytelling Festival was held in April 1986<br>
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<a name="gov" ><h3>Woodruff City Government</h3> </a>Woodruff has a council/manager form of government. The City Manager is appointed by the City Council.
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<A HREF="http://www.woodruff-sc.com">City of Woodruff</A> <br>
231 East Hayne Street<br>
Woodruff SC 29388 <br>
864-476-8154 (phone) <br>
864-476-8155 (phone) <br>
864-476-8119 (fax)
<a name="cha" ><h3>Woodruff Chamber</h3> </a><A HREF="http://www.spartanburgsc.org/">Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce</A>
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<b>Woodruff Chamber of Commerce</b><br>
PO Box 182<br>
Woodruff, SC 29388<br>
Phone: 864-476-8136
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<b>Woodruff Area Merchants</b><br>
113 S. Main St.<br>
Woodruff, SC 29388 <br>
Phone: (864)-969-3109
<a name="org" ><h3>Woodruff Organizations</h3></a><A HREF="http://www.spartanburgsc.org/">Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce</A>
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<b>Woodruff Chamber of Commerce</b><br>
PO Box 182<br>
Woodruff, SC 29388<br>
Phone: 864-476-8136
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<b>Woodruff Area Merchants</b><br>
113 S. Main St.<br>
Woodruff, SC 29388 <br>
Phone: (864)-969-3109
<a name="lib" ><h3>Woodruff Libraries</h3> </a><b>Spartanburg County Public Library</b><br>
151 S. Church Street<br>
Spartanburg, SC 29306 <br>
Phone: (864)596-3500
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<b>Woodruff Branch Library</b><br>
270 E. Hayne Street<br>
Woodruff, SC 29388<br>
Phone: (864) 476-8770
<a name="sch" ><h3>Woodruff Schools</h3> </a>Woodruff and the nearby areas make up the Spartanburg School District Four
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<a href="http://www.spartanburg4.org/">Spartanburg School District Four</a><br>
118 McEdco Road<br>
Woodruff, SC 29388 <br>
Phone: (864)476-3186
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