Editing Woodward, Iowa (section)

==History==
"The town of Woodward was born when the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Co reconstructed its lines through the community the depot was constructed.  The original name for the town was decided upon as Colton, another town had already adopted the name so the name was changed to Woodward.  The City was incorporated in August 1883.  The first Council meeting was on December 18, 1883 called to order by Mayor W.S. Craft."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.woodwardia.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BA976B2B0-25EC-41AF-AD25-75E2317E69ED%7D|title=About Us|website=www.woodwardia.org}}</ref>

An F-2 [[tornado]] struck Woodward, the city of [[Ames, Iowa|Ames]], and several other small Iowan communities on [[Iowa tornado outbreak of November 2005|November 12, 2005]], devastating many homes in the southeast and east parts of town. There were no deaths in Woodward, although there was one in [[Stratford, Iowa|Stratford]]. [[Discovery Channel]]'s series ''[[Destroyed In Seconds]]'' showed the natural disaster in one of its episodes. During the first season of [[Dirty Jobs]] they visited a pig farmer from Woodward in the episode.