into town lots and a post office, originally named Oval, was established. The post office at Old Woden was closed and moved to Oval, which was then renamed Woden. Woden became a logging camp on the N&SE railroad. An 1897 school census showed schools in the Woden area as: Carrizo School with 18 students, Dorr Creek School with 35 students, Pattonia Chapel with 22 students, and Woden School with 18 students. Dorr Creek School had been founded sometime after 1864 when J.A. Tubbe deeded of land near Saint’s Rest cemetery for a school. Dorr Creek was a common school district until 1915 when it was transferred to the Woden School District as a ward school. Pattonia School was located on the Marion Ferry Road. This school was discontinued before 1905 and may have been replaced by the Persimmon Grove School. In 1905 a bond election was held for the construction of a two-story building to house the Woden School. Professor J.B. Oliver and Professor F.L. Smith were elected as the teachers. During the early 1900s, several small schools were established within Woden district. These were created to serve the needs of the logging fronts along the railroad as it was being extended. In 1905, records indicate that Woden School had 72 students enrolled, Dorr Creek had 71, Persimmon Grove had 18, Fellowship had 25, Prospect (which was located near the Etoile-Chireno road) had 30, Little Flock (which had been founded in 1908 when Mr. And Mrs. J.E. Stacy gave of land) had 30 and Melrose had 96. Melrose had been in existence since 1844 when land was donated. By 1909-1910, these schools and others were either growing or beginning to fade away as parents' jobs came to an end with the logging operations or the railroad. Enrollments in 1909 and 1910 were: Woden-83, Dorr Creek-87, Persimmon Grove-28, Prospect-12, Melrose–167, Oak Ridge (which had been in existence since 1875)-125, Little Flock-62 and Hampton's Switch, one of several schools such as Donovan, Shiloh and Pirtle which were built to serve the needs of the logging and railroad families, had 25 students. It is believed that Shiloh replaced Prospect. West End School was part of Woden School until 1926 when a storm blew the building off its foundation. From 1911 to 1917, Woden was listed as a common school and its records were kept by the county schools superintendent. After 1917, Woden became