Woodruff, ID

    Woodruff, ID

    • Settled:  First settled in 1865; A post office was established there, operating until 1909
    • Original Name: Muddy Creek, after the creek by the same name that flowed through it; its dirty run-off water gave the settlement its initial name
    • Origin of Name: Renamed in 1891 after Wilford Woodruff, fourth President of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    • Location: 11 miles south of Malad on I-15 S, take exit #3
    • No population figures for this rural Oneida County, Idaho community

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