South Woodstock is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Woodstock in

Windsor County Windsor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,753. The shire town (county seat) is the town of Woodstock. The county's largest municipality is the town of Hartford. History Wind ...

, Vermont, United States. Its elevation is , and it is located at (43.5656256, -72.5323158), in the Kedron Valley.South Woodstock
Town of Woodstock 2009. Accessed 2009-07-04. A post office was established in South Woodstock in 1828; today, its ZIP code is 05071. The

ZCTA ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) are statistical entities developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics. These were introduced with the Census 2000 and continued with the 2010 Census and 5 year American Community ...

for ZIP Code 05071 had a population of 456 at the 2000 census. The ZCTA includes large areas outside the village district and includes the entire southern portion of the town of Woodstock. Once a center of sheep husbandry, South Woodstock is split between commercial and residential areas. Beside the post office, public services in the community include a volunteer fire department; moreover, Woodstock maintains a local police department.Woodstock Police Department
Town of Woodstock, 2009. Accessed 2009-07-04. The South Woodstock Village Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

consists of 44 contributing and 11 non-contributing properties over an area of , including a significant concentration of brick buildings. The district includes examples of Greek Revival and

Federal architecture Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...

from before the American Civil War. Notable buildings include an 1825 school that became a Grange Hall, the South Chapel (1839), and the Perkins Academy (1848). with

History

The South Woodstock area was originally settled in the 1770s, with rural agricultural homesteads on local hilltops. The village, located in a valley, grew around the gristmills of the Cottle brothers, eventually providing a broader array of services to the outlying farmers. The Cottles built several fine Federal period brick houses in the village, while the Ransom family built and operated shops in the village. The village's early 19th century character has been maintained in part because it remained away from economically important railroad transport, which affected the local economy until road transport became more common in the 20th century.

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{{authority control Census-designated places in Vermont Census-designated places in Windsor County, Vermont Unincorporated communities in Vermont Unincorporated communities in Windsor County, Vermont Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont National Register of Historic Places in Windsor County, Vermont Federal architecture in Vermont Greek Revival architecture in Vermont Woodstock, Vermont

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