The Woolfolk surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,295 people carried this name — #9,827 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 89,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,081 in 2000.

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In print

Woolfolk in American newspapers,
1914.

Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Woolfolk
Rock Springs Miner 1914-09-12
Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Woolfolk
Rock Springs Miner 1914-08-08
Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Woolfolk
Rock Springs Miner 1914-07-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Woolfolk,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tom Woolfolk
    Tom Woolfolk 1860–1890
  • Dorothy Woolfolk 1913–2000 · comics editor
  • Andrew Woolfolk 1950–2022 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Woolfolk,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States184 records

184 records of the Woolfolk name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 101
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John S. Woolfolk

    Born 1918 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Louisville; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jimmy Lee Woolfolk

    Born 1948; from Richardson, Texas. U.S. Army, tactical wire operations specialist; died in an accident 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Eddie W. Woolfolk

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1953, died 1989; buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 184 records for Woolfolk in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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