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1841

One of the first settlers was John McHattie, who arrived in 1841.

1844

The first settlers came to Woodbury in 1844.

1849

In 1849, the area was established as Minnesota Territory, which brought many new settlers, from the eastern states and Germany.

1854

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WOODBURY!! It was on March 10, 1854, one hundred and fifty years ago, the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey passed an act incorporating Woodbury as a separate and sovereign municipality and borough.

Click here for the minutes of the first council meeting held on April 7, 1854.

1855

Even before the area was organized as a township, the first school opened its doors in 1855 in a small house owned by William Middleton.

1857

When Minnesota became a state in 1857, the township government in Woodbury was established.

1858

Woodbury was organized as a township in 1858.

1859

Originally named Red Rock, after a sacred stone supposedly painted by the famous Dakota Chief Little Crow, the town was renamed in 1859 when the state legislature discovered another Red Rock Township in Minnesota.

1871

Strangely, the only year appearing on Woodbury’s official seal is the year 1871.

1876

Town meetings were held in the homes of various residents until 1876, when the first town hall was built.

1913

The latest Georgia General Assembly incorporation of Woodbury was in 1913.

1955

In 1955 the first housing development, Woodbury Heights, was started.

1967

In 1967, voters approved village incorporation and chose the mayor-council form of government.

The city's first comprehensive land use plan was developed in 1967.

1975

A new city hall was constructed to house the expanding administration and public services staff in 1975, approximately 100 years after the construction of the first town hall.

2018

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2020

Lake Meriwether is the annual venue for Peaches in the Pines — scheduled for June 13, 2020.

2021

© 2021 Woodbury Heritage Society

2022

Click here to see the 2022 Open House Schedule >

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