The Shenandoah County Courthouse was designed by Thomas Jefferson and built in 1795. Photo by Rich Cooley/Daily
The historic town of Woodstock started out many years ago under a different name. In 1752, settler Jacob Miller founded Muellerstadt, or Miller Town, on land granted by Lord Fairfax. Miller Town was renamed Woodstock in 1761 after George Washington helped get it established by charter.
In 1722, the town became the county seat of Shenandoah County, where its courthouse, designed by Thomas Jefferson and built in 1795, is the oldest courthouse west of the Blue Ridge Mountains still in use.
Today, Woodstock boasts a variety of restaurants, accommodations and specialty shops. For more information on things to do, see and where to shop in Woodstock, click on Woodstock-area advertiser ads shown on this page.
WOODSTOCK -- After explaining how Shenandoah County Public Schools will have to operate with nearly $6.5 million less next year, Superintendent Keith Rowland received a round of applause Thursday night.
WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury indicted two Mt. Jackson men last week on a charge that they had sex with a 13-year-old girl.
WOODSTOCK -- The catastrophic Haitian earthquake has led to Woodstock-based World Foundation for Children's biggest mission yet -- making room for more orphans in a country already full of orphans. It comes with a big price tag.
WOODSTOCK -- The second time was more of the charm for Rebecca Murray. Co-founder of the town's Portering the Glory International Inc., which runs the Seed for the Nations thrift store on South Main Street, she was excited to have been a part of the grand opening of a second Seed for the Nations in Glen Burnie, Md., last month.
WOODSTOCK -- Two brothers arrested during a pre-dawn raid have been indicted in Shenandoah County Circuit Court on an array of charges based on a suspected breaking and entering and larceny at the Community Store in Basye.
WOODSTOCK -- Put $500 in high school students' pockets and send them to Wal-Mart for a shopping spree and it's anyone's guess what they will walk away with.
WOODSTOCK -- This winter's snowstorms have delayed Shenandoah County's two building projects, but the time is expected to be made up, the Board of Supervisors' property and public works committee heard Thursday.
WOODSTOCK -- As Shenandoah County School Board members rattled off their constituents' ideas on how to close the large budget deficit facing the school system Tuesday, one stood out as possibly being able to spark warfare.
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WOODSTOCK -- The catastrophic Haitian earthquake has led to Woodstock-based World Foundation for Children's biggest mission yet -- making room for more orphans in a country already full of orphans. It comes with a big price tag.
WOODSTOCK -- Put $500 in high school students' pockets and send them to Wal-Mart for a shopping spree and it's anyone's guess what they will walk away with.
WOODSTOCK -- As Shenandoah County School Board members rattled off their constituents' ideas on how to close the large budget deficit facing the school system Tuesday, one stood out as possibly being able to spark warfare.
