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Woolstock, IA - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Woolstock  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Woolstock Home page. The Woolstock Home page provides as much information as possible on Woolstock. Knowing Woolstock’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Woolstock’s Home page, you will also find Woolstock’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Woolstock has a population of 217. 57.1% of Woolstock’s inhabitants are Male, and 42.9 are female. 53.9% of Woolstock is married and 58.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $72,817, and the average rent is $619. Household median income in Woolstock is $68,750, and the individual median income is $35,917. Woolstock’s Ethnic is the following: White(97.7%), Black(1.8%), Native(0.5%).


Woolstock township was established in 1858, and its first Post Office for Woolstock was in 1868, located near the location of the Historic French Church, about 3 miles east of the town's location today. Woolstock was relocated when platted by the Western Town Lot Company in 1881, that relocated many rural communities towards newly laid railroad lines .


The name was made by Gilbert Perry because of the settlers early trade of raising sheep for wool. Woolstock is the only town in the world with its name. Located, east of the Boone River, the Native Americans used the area for hunting, fishing, and lodging. Sauk and Fox tribes continued to use the river seasonally through the first quarter of the 20th century. French and German Alsatian immigrants populated the area from late 1800s through 1940s.


Laurent "Frenchy" and sister Renie Grandgeorge, were the last to immigrate from that area. Most who immigrated or are descendants, are laid to rest at the Historic French Church Cemetery, est. 1896. The town of Woolstock is Sister Cities with Ban de la Roche (7 mountainous villages), Alsace, France. Most notable famous person from Woolstock was actor, veteran, and humanitarian, George Reeves, known mostly for his role as Superman/Clark Kent in the 1950s tv serial The Adventures of Superman, and its first movie feature Superman and The Molemen (1951).


He starred in over 50 films and serials, including Gone with the Wind, and From Here to Eternity. He was born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock on January 5, 1914 to Donald and Helen (Lescher) Brewer.


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