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Woodhurst, south of Fairfield Avenue toward Paulding Road, began as dairy ground. A large dairy farm owned by Peter Certia covered most of the present neighborhood; in 1907 the cows were auctioned and Jacob Yaste bought the land. Jacob and Emma Yaste ultimately owned more than 100 acres on both sides of Fairfield, south of Pettit Avenue. In 1914 Yaste sold 45 acres lining the east side of Fairfield down to Paulding Road, bounded by Fairfield, Pettit, Buell, and Paulding. The Yaste family home stood on the west side of Fairfield, and the family were among the founding members of Saint John the Baptist parish on Fairfield Avenue. Jacob Yaste died in 1936, and by 1945 the farmland had been sold off to form the majority of what is now Woodhurst. The Woodhurst Community Association carries the neighborhood's identity today, in the Packard Area Planning Alliance's orbit south of Pettit.
Sources: Historic 07 District neighborhood history post, March 20, 2022, via ACGSI neighborhoods page; Woodhurst Community Association.