Woodside developed as a shipping center for fruit and grain after the Delaware Railroad was built in 1856.

[4] The Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all land.

About 3.9% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 15.0% of those sixty five or over.

U.S. Route 13 Alternate passes north–south through Woodside on Upper King Road, heading south to Canterbury and north to Camden.

U.S. Route 13 passes to the east of Woodside along Dupont Highway, heading north toward Dover and south toward Harrington.

[11] DART First State provides bus service to the Woodside area along Route 117, which heads north toward Camden to connect to the local bus routes serving the Dover area and south toward Harrington.