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History · Reddick

Reddick’s post office opened in 1882, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1910.

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How Reddick began

When was Reddick founded?

1882

The Reddick post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 498 in 19102020 census: 449144 years
Founding year: the first Reddick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Reddick’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Reddick are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1988. Watch Reddick change.Boom and bustPeaked at 657 in 1980; 449 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reddick’s history is told.

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On the map

Reddick on the map, 1893 to 1988

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

Reddick on the 1893 USGS mapReddick on the 1968 USGS mapReddick on the 1988 USGS map1893Citra sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Reddick, census by census

0100200300400500600700192019401960198020002020Peak: 657

Peaked at 657 in 1980; 449 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Reddick came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Reddick.

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The town was platted and founded on June 8, 1882, and the local post office has also been in operation at Reddick since 1882. John Reddick, the first postmaster, gave the community his last name. The Town of Reddick was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1925.

In 1998, a group of nuns formed the Annunciation of the Theotokos Monastery with the approval of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

The film Jeepers Creepers was shot in Reddick during the summer of 2000. The old Reddick High School was used as the police station in the film.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Reddick, 1882 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Reddick post office opens
  3. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 657
By decade

Reddick, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Places now gone

Reddick’s post office has been open since 1882.

Gone or out of use
North Marion Schoolschool

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

Questions about Reddick’s history

What year was Reddick founded?

The Reddick post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, 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.