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Welcome to Reger ...

Reger is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Reger, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Reger is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Reger lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Reger: 660

Communities Also Named Reger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Reger - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Reger ...

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

  • Milan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Milan is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <3>
  • Green City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Green City is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Linneus
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Linneus is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Greencastle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Browning
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Browning is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Galt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Laredo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Laredo is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Purdin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Purdin is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
  • Newtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Humphreys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Reger. See our Newspapers Page for Reger.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reger ...

Looking for more information about Reger? 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 Reger, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Reger.

Adding Reger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Reger 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 Reger was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Reger post office opened in 1881. The Reger post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Reger.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Reger - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/