Woodstock, IL

WOODSTOCK  Woodstock, county seat of McHenry county, is situated on the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac railroad, 48 miles from Chicago, has several steam manufacturing establishments, several churches, flourishing public schools, two commodious hotels, two weekly newspapers, the Sentinel and Democrat. Population, 2,600.  Orvis S. Johnson, Postmaster.  (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)

Note: Until 1845, named Centerville.