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ence of the Confederate Army; hospitals, schools, and churches; the changes to our government; our first board of supervisors; the burden on the region.
Phase IV, “The Turn of the Century” (1900 -1939) — World War I; new technology, transportation and occupations (telephones; cars); Prohibition (1916); woman’s suffrage (1920); Woodville tornado (1929); Depression and Drought (1930); the “New Deal”, Mountain Eviction, CCC; County Health Department (1935); dial telephones (1938).
Phase V, “Fast Track Tb the Present” (1940 - 1998) — wars and military conflicts; organization of Civil Defense units (we had six observation posts); rationing and civil support; the myriad explosion of events.
Tb begin to generate interest and in the spirit of a friendly challenge to the other towns in our region, here’s a brief sample of Woodville’s history: By the time Rappahannock County was created out of Culpeper in 1833, Woodville was already a thriving community boasting four mercantile stores, two taverns, one school, 30 homes, one tanyard, three blacksmiths, one saddler, one boot and shoe maker, one cabinet maker, one carpenter and house joiner, one tailor, an attorney, and two regular physicians.
On Jan 1, 1803, Woodville had established what would become the first post office in
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