Woodford Manufacturing Company celebrates 83 years in 2012.  In 1929, J.C. Woodford bought a company and the manufacturing rights for the IOWA® Yard Hydrant to open a sole proprietorship that marked the beginning of the Woodford Hydrant Company. The company adopted its current name "Woodford Manufacturing Company" in 1946. In 1955 the company's product line had expanded into commercial wall hydrants. The company introduced a residential faucet in 1963.

Woodford is today's leading manufacturer in wall faucets, wall hydrants, yard hydrants, vacuum breakers and backflow preventers.