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Reserve’s post office opened in 1887

Most of Reserve was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983.

1887first post office
0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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How Reserve began

When was Reserve founded?

1887

The Reserve post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 349139 years
Founding year: the first Reserve post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
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History across the town line

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

Bass LakeIts storyCSand LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCouderayIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChief LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew PostIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRadissonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHaywardIts storyCCouderayIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Reserve’s history

What year was Reserve founded?

The Reserve post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →