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=== Early days, Centerville === Woodstock was originally known as Centerville because of its location at the geographic center of McHenry County. It was chosen as the county seat on September 4, 1843. Early settler Alvin Judd developed a [[plat]] for the town, which incorporated a two-acre public square, near which a 2-story frame courthouse and jail were constructed the following year by George C. Dean and Daniel Blair.<ref name="encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org"/> In 1845, prominent resident Joel Johnson proposed that Centerville be given a more original name, and the town was renamed Woodstock after Johnson's hometown of [[Woodstock, Vermont]]. The town was still listed as "Center" on the 1850 Federal Census. In 1852, Woodstock was incorporated as a village with Judd as president. In response to a growing population following the end of the Civil War, Woodstock was incorporated as a city in 1873.<ref name="encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org"/> John S. Wheat was elected as Woodstock's first mayor. A vital artery for the growing town was the train line to and from Chicago, which allowed for a substantial industrial presence early in the town's history.<ref name="encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1380.html |title=Woodstock, IL |website=Encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org |access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>
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