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==History== The town was named after Joseph Wood.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2840 |title=Profile for Woodsboro, Maryland, MD |website=[[ePodunk]] |access-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210114357/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2840 |archive-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref> The [[LeGore Bridge]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978 and [[Woods Mill Farm]] was listed in 2007.<ref>{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref> In 1895, Dr. George F. Smith founded Rosebud Perfume Company in Woodsboro. Smith had eight children, and served as mayor of the town for 19 years.<ref>{{Cite web | title = History of Rosebud Perfume, Inc. | work = Rosebud Perfume Co. | access-date = May 8, 2025 | url = https://www.rosebudperfume.us/copy-of-about }}</ref> The business has remained in the family, and as of 2012, was still producing its famous "Smith's Rosebud Salve," a [[lip gloss]] and [[salve]] originally known as [[tholene]].<ref>{{Cite web | last = Wagner | first = Sarah | title = Rosebud Salve - Made in USA, patented in 1908, Suddenly Trendy | work = USA Love List | access-date = June 15, 2014 | date = November 13, 2011 | url = https://www.usalovelist.com/made-in-usa-patented-in-1908-suddenly/ }}</ref><ref> {{Cite web | title = Richard Bair Obituary | work = Tributes.com | access-date = June 15, 2014 | url = http://www.tributes.com/show/Richard-H.-Bair-89297119 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220936/http://www.tributes.com/show/Richard-H.-Bair-89297119 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Vora | first = Stephanie | title = Old Standbys, New Stand-Ins - Classic Beauty Products That Still Deliver | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = June 15, 2014 | date = November 12, 2012 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/fashion/old-standbys-new-stand-ins-classic-beauty-products-that-still-deliver.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615203235/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/fashion/old-standbys-new-stand-ins-classic-beauty-products-that-still-deliver.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& |archive-date=June 15, 2014 }}</ref> The products are shipped from company headquarters in Woodsboro; however, "the salve is manufactured and filled at Case Mason in [[Joppa, Maryland|Joppa, Md.]], and the tins are made in [[Baltimore]]."<ref>{{Cite news | last = Krantz | first = Mali | title = Maryland firm soothes lips, skin worldwide | work = [[Minnesota Star Tribune]] |agency=[[Capital News Service (Maryland)|Capital News Service]] | access-date = June 15, 2014 | date = May 30, 2012 | url = http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/155734245.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615203314/http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/155734245.html |archive-date=June 15, 2014 }}</ref> The Woodsboro Savings Bank, and several buildings associated with the three limestone quarries near the town are among the structures which have been considered for historic preservation.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Chapter 5. Historic Preservation. Burgess & Commissioner's Public Hearing Draft - Woodsboro Comprehensive Plan | access-date = May 23, 2013 | date = February 25, 2008 | url = http://www.woodsboro.org/documents/Woodsboro%20Comprehensive%20Plan/Chapter_5_-_Cultural_Heritage%5B1%5D.pdf |website=Woodsboro, Maryland |publisher=Town of Woodsboro, Maryland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520175132/http://www.woodsboro.org/documents/Woodsboro%20Comprehensive%20Plan/Chapter_5_-_Cultural_Heritage[1].pdf |archive-date=May 20, 2011 }}</ref>
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