The story
Read it all →How Reasnor came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Reasnor.
Reasnor was platted in the summer of 1877, and named for its founders, Samuel and Mary Reasoner.
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History · Reasnor
Reasnor’s post office opened in 1877, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1920.
1877first post office
0on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Reasnor began
When was Reasnor founded?
1877
The Reasnor post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 226 in 19202020 census: 152149 years
Founding year: the first Reasnor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Reasnor’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Reasnor’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reasnor’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Reasnor, census by census
Peaked at 284 in 1970; 152 people lived here in 2020.
11 censuses, 1920–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Reasnor’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Reasnor, 1877 to 1970
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1877Post officeThe Reasnor post office opens
- 20th century
- 1965
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 284
By decade
Reasnor, decade by decade
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2025
2004On the map
Reasnor on the map, 1965 to 1984
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Reasnor. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1965Monroe sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Reasnor.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Reasnor
Nobody well known was born in Reasnor itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Reasnor’s post office has been open since 1877.
Gone or out of use
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Reasnor’s history
What year was Reasnor founded?
The Reasnor post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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Sources
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 (3), 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.