Woodson, Arkansas, population 403

Woodson is a predominantly black town (71%) few miles southeast of Little Rock.

My wife and I lived a few miles west of Woodson from February 2009 until November 2014. The Woodson-Hensley area once was cotton farms, with swamps in some places. Lots of cypress trees in the shallow swamps.

Woodson Lateral is a main road from Arkansas Highway 365 to U.S. Highway 167. When my wife and I lived there, we were not aware of The Ghost of Woodson Bridge. Here is a link to a not well-written or well-acted video called The Ghost of Woodson Bridge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKnRhI-Bug8

Here is a link to written accounts:

https://www.prairieghosts.com/hwy365.html

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas says of Woodson:

“Early in the twenty-first century, residents of Woodson began an effort to revitalize their community. They participated in a National Night Out program, applied to the Central Arkansas Planning and Development Commission for a sewer system, and called for stricter law enforcement from the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. At that time, the community included eight churches and one store and had recently built a new post office and a park. It also had paved its streets and built a line providing natural gas to homes. The population in the early twenty-first century was about 450 and was mostly African American.”

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=7291

That account is putting the best face on accomplishments by others. “The community” did not build the post office or pave the streets or build a natural gas line. The State of Arkansas paved streets, USPS built the post office, and a gas company laid in gas lines.