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The first county seat of Wahkaw County was the now-extinct village of Thompsonville; when the Legislature changed the county name to Woodbury, the new county seat became Sergeant's Bluff (now Sergeant Bluff). The county seat was moved to Sioux City in 1856.
Originally named Wahkaw, the county was renamed Woodbury when the legislature passed an act organizing the county in 1853. Later that summer, a state-appointed commission designated Thompson's log house at Floyds' Bluff as the county seat.
The county seat of Woodbury County was located by Thomas L. Griffey and Ira Perjue, commissioners appointed for that purpose, on the southeast quarter of section one, township, eighty-eight, range forty-eight, west of the 5th P.M., and a stake driven to mark the spot between blocks No. 131 and No. 197 in Thompsontown, the 18th day of July, A.D ...
- Etymology - Origin of Woodbury County Name
- Woodbury County History
- Geography: Land and Water
Woodbury county is named for Levi Woodbury, a governor of New Hampshire, United States Secretary of the Navy, United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
The original name of Woodbury County was Floyd County, in honor of Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He died of an illness and was the first white man buried in Iowa. Floyd was then replaced by Wahkaw County when the county was established in 1851. The county was established in 1851 as one of 50 new counties organized by the...
As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 878 square miles (2,270 km2), of which 873 square miles (2,260 km2) is land and 4.9 square miles (13 km2) (0.6%) is water. Woodbury county is located in west Iowa. The county is the third-largest county by area in Iowa.
Feb 1, 2004 · The City of Woodbury enjoyed its greatest economic and population growth between 1880 and 1900. This was accomplished in large part as a result of the Green family and their patent medicine industry. Woodbury has been the County Seat of Gloucester County for over two centuries.
In 1787 Woodbury became the county seat of Gloucester County. In 1854 the community became a borough and in 1871, a city. Previous to its city status, during the civil War, the U.S. Army set up a temporary training ground in southern Woodbury.
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Fast Facts. Thompsonville (no longer existing) was the first county seat. It changed to Sergeant Bluff (then Sergeant's Bluff) in 1853 when the county's name was changed. The seat moved one more time in 1856 to Sioux City. Woodbury County is the third largest county by area in the state.
