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Reeves’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Reeves is a village in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Reeves had a population of 221.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 232 to 221 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Reeves yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Reeves, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Reeves is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Reeves has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Genius Brothers Building in Kinder, 11.3 miles away.

Reeves and the nearest listed places

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Genius Brothers BuildingSt. Paul Baptist Church-Morehead SchoolSilas J. Fenton HouseAllen Parish Courthouse1937 Iowa High SchoolClark Courts LA-4-3

Closest to Reeves

Genius Brothers BuildingKinder · Built 191611.3miSt. Paul Baptist Church-Morehead SchoolOberlin · Building12.8miSilas J. Fenton HouseFenton · Building13miAllen Parish CourthouseOberlin · Built 191217.4mi1937 Iowa High SchoolIowa · Building19.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Genius Brothers Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Reeves?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Reeves’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Kinder📜 Fenton📜 Oberlin📜 Iowa

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