Do you know of Reese ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Reese. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Reese.<1>
Our sources for Reese (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Reese other than they indicate that Reese would be found somewhere in Marion County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1894.
Communities Also Named Reese ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Reese.
Within Alabama, the name Reese is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Reese [Lee County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Reese [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Reese [Morgan County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Reese [Warren County].
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Reese [Carroll County].
- Michigan
- Tuscola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Reese [Tuscola County].
- Mississippi
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Reese [Union County].
- North Carolina
- Watauga County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Reese [Watauga County].
- Ohio
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Reese [Franklin County].
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Reese [Blair County].
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Reese [Cherokee County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Reese [Orange County].
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Reese [Walla Walla County].
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Reese [Greenbrier County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Reese ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Reese:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Reese - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Marion County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marion County.
Footnotes ...
<1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
<2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Reese could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
<3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |