Woodburn Business Directory - 1882

Extracted from the 1882-1883 R.L. Polk "Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory" .

WOODBURN. Containing 350 inhabitants, is a station on the C.B. & Q. R.R. in Clarke county, 146 miles west of Burlington, and 10 east of Osceola (c h), the nearest bank location. A public school, with Catholic, Methodist and Presbyterian churches are here.Shipments, cattle, hogs, oats and corn. Exp. Am., Mail, daily. E. _. Knight, postmaster.

Data includes surname, first name(s), occupation or business.

Boden, J.W., harnessmaker Bourgaze, John, furniture Blythe, C., druggist
Clark, J.A., restaurant Coppock, B., lumber Hill, A.K., hotel and livery
Humiston, H.L., railroad and express agent Humiston & Zoller, grain and general store  Johnson, D.B., general store 
Johnson, I.J., grain and general store Marks, Rev. W.F. (Methodist)  Martin, M.T., physician 
Morris, M., justice of peace  Randolph, D.W., grocer  Rowly, L.H., blacksmith 
Smith, G.W., blacksmith  Smith & Kerr, flour mill  Tedrow, J.L., grain and general store