| Woodsdale, Kansas | |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Image Map1: | Map of Stevens Co, Ks, USA.png |
| Map Caption1: | KDOT map of Stevens County (legend) |
| Pushpin Map: | Kansas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Woodsdale |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 37.2725°N -101.3094°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Stevens |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1886 |
| Established Title1: | Platted |
| Named For: | Samuel Wood |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation Ft: | 3113 |
| Population Total: | 0 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 620 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
Woodsdale is a ghost town in Stevens County, Kansas, United States.[1] It was involved in a county seat war with Hugoton during the 19th century.
Woodsdale was laid out in 1886 near the geographical center of the county, with the hope of locating the county seat there.[2]
Samuel Newitt Wood and I. C. Price developed the town and it was named after the former. Its post office was established November 11, 1886,[3] and the town incorporated April 11. 1887. Following the bloody county seat contest in which the governor had to send in two National Guard companies, and which Woodsdale lost to Hugoton, Woodsdale declined. The post office closed March 31, 1915, and there are now no traces of the town remaining. It was located two miles east of Hugoton and six miles north at the intersections of sections 11, 12, 13, & 14.