Woodruff, Kansas
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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Phillips
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|elevation_ft = 2001
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 13
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
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|area_code = 785
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 20-80400
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|blank1_info = 471768 {{cite gnis2|471768|Woodruff, Kansas}}
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Woodruff is a census-designated place (CDP) in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13.{{cite web |title=Profile of Woodruff, Kansas (CDP) in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2080400 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316132622/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2080400 |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |url-status=live}}
History
A post office was opened in Woodruff in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1956.{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:PL | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=22 June 2014}}
Demographics
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Notable people
- Harold W. Bauer, World War II flying ace, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor
- Hollis Caswell, educator
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Phillips County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Phillips County, Kansas}}
External links
- [https://www.phillipscountyks.org/ Phillips County Kansas]
- Phillips County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/phillips.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
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Category:Census-designated places in Phillips County, Kansas
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