'''Woodstock''' is a city in (and the [[county seat]] of) [[McHenry County, Illinois|McHenry County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. It is located {{convert|41|mi|km}} northwest of [[Chicago]] making it one of the city's outer-most [[suburb]]s.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> Per Asthe of[[2020 2019United States Census|2020 thecensus]], city'sthe population was 25,240630.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Woodstock city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/tableprofile?q=woodstock,%20illinois&g=1600000US1783349&hidePreview=false&layer=VT_2018_160_00_PY_D1&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP05&vintage=2018&cid=DP05_0001E|titlewebsite=ACS[[United DEMOGRAPHICStates ANDCensus HOUSING ESTIMATESBureau]]|websiteaccessdate=data.census.gov|access-date=2020-04-02April 15, 2022}}</ref> The city's historic downtown district and turn-of-the-century [[town square]] is anchored by the landmark [[Woodstock Opera House]] and the [[Old McHenry County Courthouse]]. In 2007 Woodstock was named one of the nation's Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]].<ref name="preservationnation2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/midwest-region/woodstock-il-2007.html |title=Midwest Region travel sites- Woodstock IL -2007|website=Preservation Nation|access-date=December 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120172215/http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/midwest-region/woodstock-il-2007.html |archive-date=January 20, 2009 }}</ref>
