Woodruff, Arizona

Woodruff, Arizona
Unincorporated community

Location of Woodruff in Navajo County, Arizona.
Woodruff, Arizona
Location of Woodruff in Navajo County, Arizona.
Woodruff, Arizona
Woodruff, Arizona (the US)
Coordinates: 34°46′53″N 110°02′36″W / 34.78139°N 110.04333°W / 34.78139; -110.04333Coordinates: 34°46′53″N 110°02′36″W / 34.78139°N 110.04333°W / 34.78139; -110.04333
Country United States
State Arizona
County Navajo
Area[1]
  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 5,144 ft (1,568 m)
Population (2010)
  Total 191
  Estimate (2016)[2] [3] N/A
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
ZIP code 85942
Area code(s) 928
GNIS feature ID 13993[4]

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.[5]

Woodruff was settled in 1876 by a group 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.[6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.
2010191
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

As of the census[8] of 2010, there were 191 people, 65 households, and 49 families residing in Woodruff.

References

  1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 18, 2017.
  2. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. "2010 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas Gazetteer File". Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  4. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  5. ZIP Code Lookup
  6. Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 963
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2018-10-10.


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