Woodrow, Texas
Woodrow is an unincorporated community in southern Lubbock County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 85 in 2000. It is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The community was named for president Woodrow Wilson. There was a lot of debate at first over naming the town Wilson or Woodrow, but supporters of Woodrow prevailed. In the 1930s, the hamlet had a church, an industry, and a dispersed housing stock. Woodrow had 100 residents and four enterprises in 1948. There were no recorded companies in 1971, and the population was 80. Woodrow operated four churches, a gin, a general store, and a shop that repaired farm equipment in the late 1980s. A huge cemetery and a tiny business sector separated about twenty-five homes. The population was 85 in 1990. In 2000, the population did not change. It might have been named Woodrow because there is already a Wilson in neighboring Lynn County.The 1970 Lubbock tornado caused a thunderstorm to form near Woodrow. Another F0 tornado struck Woodrow on April 30, 2013. The brief landspout tornado formed along an outflow boundary from a nearby microburst and remained over open fields, causing no damage.