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Welcome to Reese ...

Reese is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Reese, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Reese is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Reese lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Reese: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named Reese ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Reese - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (2), Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas (2), Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reese.

Websites for Reese ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Reese, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Reese ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Reese.

  • Westminster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hanover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hanover is located in York County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,783 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <4>
  • Mount Airy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Taneytown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hampstead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Manchester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Littlestown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sykesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • McSherrystown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • New Windsor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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 Reese. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Reese.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Reese. 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 Reese.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reese ...

Looking for more information about Reese? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Reese, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Reese.

Adding Reese to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Reese in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Reese was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Reese post office opened in 1894. The Reese post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Reese.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Reese - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Reese area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Reese area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/