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Unincorporated community in the state of Arizona, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[3]
Woodruff, Arizona | |
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Location of Woodruff in Navajo County, Arizona. | |
  Woodruff, Arizona  Woodruff, Arizona | |
| Coordinates: 34°46′53″N 110°02′26″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Navajo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.78 sq mi (14.98 km2) |
| • Land | 5.77 sq mi (14.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,151 ft (1,570 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 191 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| ZIP code | 85942 |
| Area code | 928 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2582910[2] |
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.[4]
As of the census[6] of 2010, there were 191 people, 65 households, and 49 families residing in Woodruff.
It is in the Holbrook Unified School District.[7] The zoned high school is Holbrook High School.
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