Wooster may refer to:

Places

India

Wooster Nagar Wooster Nagar is the name of a small fishing village in Chengalpattu district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Dedicated 3 January 2007, the village consists of 26 homes built with funds donated by citizens of Wooster, Ohio USA.''In Touch Sou ...

, a small fishing village in the state of Tamil Nadu

United States

Wooster, Arkansas Wooster is a city in Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 860 at the 2010 census, up from 516 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Central Arkansas region. Geography Wooster is located in northwestern Faulkner County at ...

, a town in Faulkner County * Wooster, Georgia, an unincorporated community *

Wooster, Kosciusko County, Indiana Wooster, formerly known as Kosciusko, is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and t ...

, an unincorporated community * Wooster, Scott County, Indiana, an unincorporated community *

Wooster, Ohio Wooster ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. Located in northeastern Ohio, the city lies approximately south-southwest of Cleveland, southwest of Akron and west of Canton. The population was 27,232 at t ...

, a city in Wayne County * Wooster, Baytown, Texas *

Wooster Square Wooster Square is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut to the east of downtown. The name refers to a park square (named for the American Revolutionary War hero, David Wooster) located between Greene Street, Wooster Place, Chapel S ...

, a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut *

Wooster Township, Wayne County, Ohio Wooster Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,250 people in the township. Geography Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Wayne Township ...

Schools in the United States

College of Wooster The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it has been officially non-sectarian since 1969 when ownership ties with the Presbyterian Church ...

, in Wooster, Ohio *

Earl Wooster High School Earl Wooster High School , or Wooster High School (WHS), is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. Its mascot is the Colt and the school colors are scarlet, white, and silver. As of the 20 ...

, in Reno, Nevada *

Wooster High School (Ohio) Wooster High School is a public high school in Wooster, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Wooster City School District. The mascot/nickname of the school is the Generals, named after American Revolutionary War General Davi ...

, in Wooster, Ohio * Wooster School, in Danbury, Connecticut

Groups and organizations

Wooster Collective Wooster Collective is a website founded in 2003 that showcases street art from around the world. ''The'' ''New York Times'' called it "a leading street-art blog." It features ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world. The site als ...

, an online street art website *

The Wooster Group The Wooster Group is a New York City-based experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group (1967–1980) during the period from 1975 to 1980, an ...

, a New York-based U.S. ensemble of theatre and media artists *

Wooster Warriors The Wooster Warriors were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League (MAHL). The team was one of the inaugural members of the MAHL while based in Wooster, Ohio, with home games at the Alice Noble Ice Arena for the ...

, a former U.S. ice hockey team

Other uses

Wooster Island Wooster Island is an island in the Housatonic River in Orange, Connecticut The island is uninhabited, but is used for duck hunting. Fishing is legal and considered safe, though Gathering seafood by hand, shellfishing is not allowed or recommended d ...

, an island in the Housatonic River in Orange, Connecticut *

Wooster Lake Wooster Lake is a lake in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is located near Illinois Route 134 and Wilson Road, predominantly in unincorporated Ingleside, northeast of the Village of Volo, northwest of the Village of Round Lake, and south ...

, a lake in Lake County, Illinois

People with the surname Wooster

Charles Whiting Wooster Charles William Whiting Wooster, was a Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1780, the grandson of General David Wooster. Wooster went to sea at an early age. During the War of 1812, he served on board ...

, 1780-1848, grandson of David Wooster and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy *

David Wooster David Wooster ( – May 2, 1777) was an American general who served in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Several cities, schools, and public ...

(1710–1777), brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution *

Edward Wooster Edward Wooster (1622 in England – July 8, 1689) was an English early settler of Colonial America, and "the first permanent settler in Derby", Connecticut. In 1642, Wooster enters the record as one of the first colonists of Milford, Connecticut. ...

(1622–1689), early pioneer and founder of Derby, Connecticut *

Fred Wooster Fred L. J. Wooster (5 January 1938 – 1 November 1993) was one of the founders of the Saanich Lacrosse Association in Saanich, British Columbia, and a well known local figure for lacrosse. Wooster devoted much of his time and work behind the scene ...

(1938–1993), cofounder of the Saanich Lacrosse Association, Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame *

Louise Wooster Louise Catharine Wooster (June 12, 1842 – May 16, 1913), better known as Lou Wooster, was a famous madam in Birmingham, Alabama. Her colorful character and her care for the sick and dying during the cholera epidemic of 1873 endeared her to the ...

(1842–1913), "Lou Wooster", famous ''madam'' in Birmingham, Alabama *

Reginald Wooster Reginald Wooster (19 January 1903 – 12 September 1968) was an English cricketer. Wooster was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Kettering, Northamptonshire. Wooster made a single first-class appear ...

(1903-1968), English cricketer who made one first-class appearance for Northamptonshire * Stanton Hall Wooster of

Wooster and Davis ''Wooster and Davis'' -- Lieutenant Stanton Hall Wooster (April 1, 1895, Connecticut – April 26, 1927) and Lieutenant Commander Noel Guy Davis (December 25, 1891, Salt Lake City, Utah – April 26, 1927) were two United States Navy (USN) airmen ...

, a U.S. Navy airman who attempted to fly over the Atlantic Ocean in 1927

Fictional characters

Bertie Wooster Bertram Wilberforce Wooster is a fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. An amiable English gentleman and one of the "idle rich", Bertie appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligenc ...

, character in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse, adapted in the ''Jeeves and Wooster'' TV show *

Henry Wooster The following is a list of recurring and notable fictional characters featured in the Jeeves novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. Anatole Anatole is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories, being the supremely skilled F ...

, character in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse, uncle of Bertie Wooster