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History · Reed plantation

Half of Reed plantation’s homes were built after 1981

Most of Reed plantation was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1941 on and the census since 1860.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Reed plantation’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 Reed plantation are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 639 in 1920; 129 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reed plantation’s history is told.

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People over time

Reed plantation, census by census

0100200300400500600700190019502000Peak: 639

Peaked at 639 in 1920; 129 people lived here in 2020.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

The story

How Reed plantation came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Reed plantation.

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Reed Plantation was first settled in the early 1830s by four families, Clifford, Rollins, Prouty, and Plummer. The matriarchs of these families were four Spaulding sisters, Edith Clifford, Susan Spaulding, Lavinia Prouty, and Phoebe Plummer. They were the daughters of Seth Spaulding of the Dover-Foxcroft area. Many of their descendants still live in Reed or the village of Wytopitlock today.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Reed plantation, 1874 to 1941

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Wytopitlock post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 639
  5. 1941On 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

Reed plantation on the map, 1941 to 1988

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

Reed plantation on the 1941 USGS mapReed plantation on the 1975 USGS mapReed plantation on the 1988 USGS map1941Wytopitlock 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 Reed plantation.

Famous people

Famous people close to Reed plantation

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

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Gladys GeorgeAmerican actress · b. 1900
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Elenore AbbottAmerican Art Nouveau book illustrator, scenic d… · b. 1875
Gary GordonUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1960
Mike MichaudU.S. representative for Maine's 2nd district, a… · b. 1955
Steve CliffordAmerican basketball coach · b. 1961
Edwin C. BurleighAmerican politician · b. 1843
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
ReedWytopitlock
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Reed plantation
CliffordRollinsWytopitlock

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Glenwood plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMacwahoc plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHaynesvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.