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Reedy’s post office opened in 1855, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Reedy began

When was Reedy founded?

1855

The Reedy post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Reedyville (1846), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 150171 years
Founding year: the first Reedy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Reedy’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 Reedy are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Reedy’s homes were built before 1959.
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The story so far

Reedy, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Reedy yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Reedy is a town in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 152 at the 2020 census. The community was named after nearby Reedy Creek.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 182 to 150 (-18%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Reedy, 1846 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Post officeThe Reedyville post office opens
  3. 1855Post officeThe Reedy post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907Post officeThe Reedyville post office closes
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Reedy’s post office has been open since 1855. Another post office, Reedyville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Reedyville
1846–1907
Reedy
1855–today
18401930today

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

Questions about Reedy’s history

What year was Reedy founded?

The Reedy post office opened in 1855, 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 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.