Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1985 on and the census since 1860.
Reynolds dates its founding to 1854 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1860.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reynolds’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Reynolds.
Reynolds was platted around 1854 when the railroad was extended to that point. The town was named for Benjamin Reynolds, one of its founders. A post office has been in operation at Reynolds since 1853. Reynolds was incorporated as a town in 1875.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Reynolds, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Reynolds, Ashbel P., 168 Reynolds, A. \V„ 305, 307, 339 Reynolds Bank, 377 Reynolds, Benjamin, 60, 61, 91, 123, 133, 142, 233, 237, 238, 248, 249, 299, 375, 483 Reynolds Broom, 170 Reynolds, Calvin, 339
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
This condition undoubtedly interfered with the early settlement of the country, which failed to show much progress until the building of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad. While the line was in process of construction through the township the Town of Reynolds was laid out by Benjamin Reynolds, George S. Rose, Christian Cassell, William M. Kenton and Joseph H. Thompson. The original plat was recorded August 22, 1853, and shows 155 lots in the northeast quarter of 33. The village was named after Benjamin Reynolds, its acknowl-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyThe U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Reynolds.
1985Logansport sheet · 1:100,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Reynolds.
Between 15 and 641 people in every census since 1860.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Reynolds’ Wikipedia page.
Reynolds had its own post office from 1870 to 1907.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1854, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Reynolds’ post office opened in 1870, and the census of 1860 counted 15 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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