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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Reelfoot. 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 Reelfoot.<1>

Our sources for Reelfoot (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 Reelfoot other than they indicate that Reelfoot would be found somewhere in Lake County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1920.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Reelfoot ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Reelfoot:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Reelfoot - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Lake County ...

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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 Lake County.

Bass LandingMarkham
  
DarnallPulstown
  
GronanvilleSouth Fork
  

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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