Grow your business in Woodbury

Woodbury has something to offer for any size business, from small to large. We have incentives avaibable in our downtown development area and our industrial park, still within the city limits. Both areas offer broadband internet service, GA Power, 2 and 3 phase capabilty, and excellent roadways.

As one of seven towns in Meriwether County, Woodbury is believed to be the oldest. Between 1828 and 1830, the first house was built in Woodbury at the Cross-Roads – a centrally located spot formed by three streets. The location was used to determine boundaries for the city limits and was later memorialized with a US Coast & Geodetic Survey Mark. It was around this “hub” that Woodbury eventually grew. Woodbury was initially known as Sandtown because of white sand covering the roads and surrounding area. When the first post office was established in 1845, the name was changed to Woodberry. Then in 1854, the spelling was changed to the current spelling Woodbury. The first village charter was issued that same year with a boundary radius one-half mile from the center of the crossroads. It was amended in 1872 and, with the coming of the first railroad in 1887, officially submitted to and incorporated by the state legislature. A 1907 amendment increased the area to three-quarters of a mile. Steadily growing, attracting more people and new businesses, in 1913 the Woodbury Charter was finalized and is the charter presented in our current Book of Ordinances.