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History · Reece City

Reece City dates to 1956

Most of Reece City was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1960.

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How Reece City began

When was Reece City founded?

1956

Reece City dates its founding to 1956 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1960.

First census: 470 in 19602020 census: 61570 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1870.

What stands out about Reece City’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Reece City, and 1 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Reece City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Greenwood
1870–1888
Reeses Mills
1870–1871
Hill
1884–1903
Crudup
1889–1933
Reesville
1903–1904
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Crudup
Gone or out of use
Gilliland BridgebridgeGreenwood Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reece City’s history is told.

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The story so far

Reece City, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Reece City yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Reece City is a town in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in May 1956. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, the population was 615.

Reece City was established in 1956. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 653 to 615 (-6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Reece City, 1870 to 1959

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Greenwood post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Reeses Mills post office opens
  4. 1871Post officeThe Reeses Mills post office closes
  5. 1884Post officeThe Hill post office opens
  6. 1888Post officeThe Greenwood post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1903Post officeThe Hill post office closes
  9. 1956
    FoundingReece City is established
  10. 1959On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Reece City on the map, 1959 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Reece City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Reece City on the 1959 USGS mapReece City on the 1968 USGS mapReece City on the 1985 USGS map1959Gadsden sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Reece City.

People over time

Reece City, census by census

02004006008001960198020002020Peak: 718

Between 470 and 718 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Reece City’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Reece City

Nobody well known was born in Reece City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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YelawolfAmerican rapper · b. 1979
Beth GrantAmerican actress · b. 1949
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Mathew KnowlesAmerican music executive, businessman, record p… · b. 1952
Angela LittleAmerican actress · b. 1972
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Charles Clyde EbbetsAmerican photographer · b. 1905
Phillip AlfordAmerican actor · b. 1948
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Gadsden13 historic placesA−

Questions about Reece City’s history

What year was Reece City founded?

In 1956, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Reece City’s post office opened in 1870, and the census of 1960 counted 470 people here.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.