Woodhull, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Clover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61490. The Survey maps it on the Woodhull quadrangle. 754 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoodhull fell from 811 to 754 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 811 | |
| 2020 | 754 | -57 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1947 USGS Woodhull quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Woodhull quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Woodhull quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
6,341 words on this townshipHistory of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877 names this settlement in its chapter on Clover Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
FAY LUCIUS, P.O. Woodhull, Sec. 34, Farmer; born in Rockingham, Windham Co. Vt Oct. 5, 1824; came to this Co. in Dec. 1853, and is among the oldest settlers; has family five children, Frank T., Mary A., Geo., Ida. Charley; wife was Miss Emeline Cone, from the same place, born Sept. 16, 1833, married Feb. 28. 1855; has 40 acres, value $2,000; Hep.
Passage source: History of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877.
FORGY WM. P.O. Woodhull; Sec. 8; Farmer and Stock Raiser; born in Morrow Co. Ohio,' May 27, 1826; came to this county April, 1853, and is among the oldest settlers; has family of five children, Allen T., Nellie J., Ralph J., Wm. Henry and Robert J.; wife was Miss Eye Moody, born in the same place, Feb. 14, 1830; married Feb. 22, 1854; has 400 acres, value $24.000; was Supervisor three terms and held other town offices; Ind; both member* of the Meth. Epis Church.
Passage source: History of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877.
MILLER M. Sec. 10; P.O. Woodhull; school teacher; Rep; from Ohio; 40 ac. val. $2.000. HORN J. W., P.O. Woodhull; retired; Rep; from England; owns 160 acres on Sec. 30. HILLERY HERMAN, Sec. 24; P.O. Necoma; rents of A. Maile; Rep; from 111. HOUGH F. L. Wondhull; grain dealer; Rep; from 111.
Passage source: History of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Clover Township - it names this place 53 more 53 times.
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodhull in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodhull | $5,000 | 8 inch diameter limbs down with 0.79 inches of rain in 10 minutes. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Woodhull | $4,000 | Penny to Quarter sized hail rapidly covering the ground |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodhull | $2,000 | Wrist sized limbs down |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodhull | $1,000 | The co-operative observer reported 3 inch diameter limbs down with a larger tree down in town. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodhull | - | A trained spotter reported a roof off of a barn with damage to outbuildings. |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodhull | - | A brief tornado began just east of I-74 north of Woodhull, damaging trees, a few outbuildings, and a home in its path. A home lost some shingles and partial roof on one side of the residence. Large tree branches snapped on farmstead property. The tornado was on the ground for around 3 miles and was 50 yards wide. The tornado was rated EF0 with maximum winds around 85 mph. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Woodhull | - | A large amount of penny size hail was reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodhull | - | Report of a semi truck overturned on Interstate 74 just north of Woodhull. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodhull | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down several 8 to 10 inch diameter tree limbs in Woodhull, IL around 615 am July 21. |
| April 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Woodhull | - | Funnel cloud reported by emergency management. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Woodhull | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Woodhull | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Woodhull | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Woodhull | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Woodhull | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodhull | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Oxford (historical) | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ophiem | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Nekoma | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Andover | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lynn Center | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bishop Hill | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cambridge | 10.8 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Woodhull | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1880101 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 421425. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







