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Welcome to Reedbrake ...So far, we found very little information about Reedbrake. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Reedbrake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Reedbrake, please Contact Us. Reedbrake would have been located within present day Marshall County<2>. The location of Reedbrake has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Reedbrake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. While the community is gone, the present day location for Reedbrake is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Reedbrake was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Reedbrake (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The location where Reedbrake once stood is in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes. Communities near Reedbrake ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Reedbrake.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Reedbrake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Reedbrake. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Reedbrake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reedbrake. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Reedbrake. See our Newspapers Page for Reedbrake. Adding Reedbrake to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Reedbrake in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Reedbrake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Reedbrake in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Reedbrake. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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