| Woolford | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Woolford in Alberta |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 3 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Cardston County |
| Leader Title: | Governing body |
| Leader Name: | Cardston County Council |
| Leader Title1: | MP |
| Leader Name1: | Jim Hillyer |
| Leader Title2: | MLA |
| Leader Name2: | Gary Bikman |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1900 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Population As Of: | 1986 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 13 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 49.185°N -113.1653°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Postal Code: | |
| Area Code: | +1-403 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 503 |
Woolford is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County. It is located on Highway 503, approximately 16km (10miles) southeast of Cardston between the St. Mary River and the Milk River Ridge. It is named after Thomas Woolford who came to the area in 1900.[2]
Woolford recorded a population of 13 in the 1986 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]
Woolford Flat is located one mile northeast of present-day Woolford on Highway 503. The Canadian Pacific Railway built a subdivision from Raley to Whiskey Gap in 1910 bypassing original town site of Woolford leaving the settlement stranded from any railway services. The community was then divided into two town sites. The original town site became "Woolford Flat" and the new town site placed along the railway kept the old name "Woolford".[3]
Woolford Flat consisted of the school house, the L.D.S. Church and three private residences.
Woolford consisted of a Chinese restaurant, a two-story general store, a United Church, a blacksmith, lumber yard, three grain elevators and 8 private residences.
The Woolford Provincial Park is a provincial park west of Highway 503 just west of Woolford, approximately 18km (11miles) east of Cardston.