| Woxall | |
| Other Name: | Woxhall |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Coordinates: | 40.3106°N -75.4486°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Montgomery |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Upper Salford |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | pre 1727 (as Kroppestettel) |
| Established Title1: | Established |
| Established Date1: | 1888 as Woxall |
| Named For: | "Knocks All" partial slogan for an unknown soap brand |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.6 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.6 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
| Elevation Ft: | 420 |
| Population Total: | 1,318 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 18979, 19438 |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Code: | 215, 267 and 445 |
Woxall or sometimes Woxhall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Perkiomen Creek, which flows south into the Schuylkill River. The population was 1,318 at the 2010 census. The CDP is served by the Harleysville post office, with the zip code of 19438.[1] [2] [3]
The village of Woxall was originally known as Kroppestettel, which in Pennsylvania Dutch means Crowtown. The village was later named Mechanicsville. By the end of the eighteenth century, the town contained a hotel and restaurant, town hall, shoe shop, wheelwright, and 12 homes. The village kept the name Mechanicsville until 1888, when a post office was established. A new name needed to be selected for the post office because another Pennsylvania town had the same name. After much discussion, residents submitted the name Noxall, "Knocks All" to postal authorities. The name had been read on the side of a bar of a box of soap in the village store. Evidently, they misread the "N" for a "W" and approved the name Woxall for the post office.
The Village of Woxall grew up near the Old Goshenhoppen Church, erected in 1744, where Lutheran and Reformed congregations met. With the arrival of the railroad in 1868, Salfordville, which prospered without railroad or trolley, grew around an old inn. By 1877, it contained a post office, general store, cigar factory, and 19 homes.
Other villages include Bergey, known in 1893 as Branchville, and Salford, called Rudy in the early 1900s. These two villages, along with Woxall and Salfordville, were noted for their general stores that sold a variety of items including fine clocks, furniture, barrel molasses, and quilting thread.
Woxall can be classified as a rural area, featuring agriculture fields, woods, and some housing developments which have been built since 2002.