Woodruff, Arizona

Unincorporated community in the state of Arizona, United States

Unincorporated community in Arizona, United States

34°46′53″N 110°02′36″W / 34.78139°N 110.04333°W / 34.78139; -110.04333CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyNavajoArea

^[1]

• Total5.78 sq mi (14.98 km²) • Land5.77 sq mi (14.94 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.04 km²)Elevation

5,144 ft (1,568 m)Population

(2010)

• Total191 • Estimate

(2016)^[2] ^[3]

N/ATime zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))ZIP code

85942

Area code928GNIS feature ID13993^[4]

Woodruff is an unincorporated community in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Woodruff is 10.5 miles (16.9 km) southeast of Holbrook. Woodruff has a post office with ZIP code 85942.^[5]

Woodruff was settled in 1876 by a group of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by Nathan Tenney and including Tenney's son Ammon M. Tenney. It was initially called Tenney's Settlement. In 1878 Lorenzo H. Hatch became the head of the LDS branch there. At that point it was named Woodruff after Wilford Woodruff.^[6]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	191		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

As of the census^[8] of 2010, there were 191 people, 65 households, and 49 families residing in Woodruff.

Education

It is in the Holbrook Unified School District.^[9] The zoned high school is Holbrook High School.

References

^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ "2010 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas Gazetteer File". Retrieved March 11, 2018.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ZIP Code Lookup
^ Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 963
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Navajo County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/4). Retrieved March 18, 2023.