
History
The town of Woodstock was formally named North Bibb until 2000. It was first settled in 1826, when William Houston was given a land grant for the area. The first school was built in 1851 with money donated by the local Masonic Lodge. In 1870, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad built a line through the city, and in 1872 the Louisville and Nashville followed suit (one source states that the two lines came through town in the mid-1880s). Each railroad built a separate depot.

Demographics
According to 2016 Census estimates, Woodstock recorded a population of 6,454. Of that number, 57.5 percent of respondents identified themselves as white, 39.3 percent as African American, 2.4 percent as Hispanic, 1.5 percent as two or more races, 0.2 percent as Native American, and 0.1 percent as Asian. The town's median household income was $25,220, and the per capita income was $14,178.
Employment
According to 2016 Census estimates, the workforce in Woodstock was divided among the following industrial categories:
- Educational services and health care and social assistance (26.6 percent)
- Manufacturing (11.5 percent)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services (10.7 percent)
- Retail trade (12.5 percent)
- Construction (6.4 percent)
- Transportation and warehousing, and utilities (6.7 percent)
- Other services, except public administration (8.4 percent)
- Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (6.5 percent)
- Public administration (5.4 percent)
- Information (4.9 percent)
- Wholesale trade (1.4 percent)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extraction (0.8 percent)
- Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing (2.7 percent)
Education
Students in Woodstock attend the Bibb County Public Schools. One elementary school is located in Woodstock; it enrolls approximately 340 students and employs approximately 25 teachers.
Transportation
Woodstock lies just to the southeast of Interstates 59/20. The main routes through the town are State Highway 5, which runs north-south, and U.S. Highway 11/State Highway 7/5, which run northeast-southwest along the northwestern edge of the town. Both routes connect with I-59/20.
Events and Places of Interest
Woodstock hosts an annual Christmas Open House each December. It maintains a city park and a baseball field. The Woodstock United Methodist Church (c. 1893) and the Green Pond Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (1884) are listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
Additional Resources
Bibb County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Bibb County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 1998.
Additional Resources
Bibb County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Bibb County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 1998.