Woodson, TX - Population 264
N 33° 00.539 W 099° 03.038
14S E 495270 N 3652283
Woodson, TX, population 264 as of this posting. This sign is located on the east side of US 183 at the southern city limit.
Waymark Code: WM11856
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2019
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Woodson was in the national news in May of 2019 when a resident discovered 45 rattlesnakes under his house. Video of their removal is easily located on YouTube, but as always in Texas, tread heavily and be on the lookout for critters. Frankly, though, they'd rather get away from you than fight you, so if you make plenty of vibrations, you may never know they're there. Photographing this sign from the road -- or from inside the car, as so many do -- will avoid this kind of situation.
The Handbook of Texas Online provides some background:
Woodson, on U.S. Highway 183 and Farm Roads 209 and 1710, in southeastern Throckmorton County, is the second largest town in the county. A post office was established there in 1905. In 1914 the town had a population of 250, two churches, a bank, and a weekly newspaper, the Woodson Record. The community grew after the construction of the Cisco and Northeastern Railway in 1926 and survived as a southeastern county market center after railroad service terminated in 1943. The population was 600 in 1940 but has declined since then because of the greater attraction of Throckmorton and Albany in Shackelford County. Woodson had a population of 450 in 1950, 340 in 1970, and 291 in 1980. The town has a post office and is incorporated. Lake Woodson is northwest of town on Kings Creek. In 1990 the population of Woodson was 262. The population was 296 in 2000.