It is located in the municipality of Oldambt, about 7 km northwest of Winschoten.

[3] The village was first mentioned in 1282 as de Middewalda, and means middle woods.

[4] Midwolda is a road village which developed in the Middle Ages at the edge of the former peninsula of Winschoten.

[5] The All Saints' Flood of 1570 caused an extension of the Dollart, and the village moved to the south near the dike constructed in 1565.

[5] The current Dutch Reformed church was built between 1738 and 1740, and has a tower from 1708.