Woodlawn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carroll County, Virginia, United States.

The Treaty of Lochaber, between British representative John Stuart and the Cherokee, made the land available for settlement about 1770.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 19.5 square miles (50.6 km2), all of it land.

A collection of items from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency is also housed at the museum.

In 1914 it became the first public secondary school in the United States to offer agricultural education classes under the Smith-Hughes Act.

This area includes over 1,600 acres of mountain land with six miles of stocked trout streams providing opportunities for fishing, hunting, hiking, wildflower photography and wildlife watching.

[12] The New River Trail State Park ideal for hiking and biking is about six miles from Woodlawn.

Grayson Highlands State Park featuring scenic views, waterfalls, hiking to the summit of Mount Rogers, the Appalachian Trail and wild mountain ponies is about fifty miles west near the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area.