Reeltown is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
and
unincorporated community
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in
Tallapoosa County
Tallapoosa County is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama."ACES Tallapoosa County Office" (links/history), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), 2007, webpageACES-Tallapoosa As of the 2020 census, t ...
, Alabama, United States. Its population was 766 as of the
2010 census.
The "Reel" in Reeltown is a misspelling of "Real" from the last name of settlers James Patrick and Phillip O'Real. The town was called Thaddeus from 1880 to 1902 in honor of postmaster Thaddeus P. Webster. The name changed back to Reeltown in 1902.
This is also the home of
Reeltown High School, notable for winning the state football championship in 1987 in the 2A division, 2001 in the 1A division, and also in 2009 and 2024 in the 2A division. In addition, Reeltown has two notable head football coaches with over 200 career wins.
* Duane Webster: (218-93-9)1956-1987
* Jackie O'Neal: (241-110-0) 1988-2015
Reeltown High School also had four former students serve as Alabama FFA Association State Officers.
* Mickey Humphries(Alabama FFA State Vice President 1963–1964)
* Lacey Newman(Alabama FFA State Secretary 2014–2015)
* Torran Smith(Alabama FFA State Sentinel 2016–2017)(First African American Alabama FFA Central District President 2015–2016)
* KaShiya McKinney (Alabama FFA State Reporter 2019-2020 and 2021 Alabama National Officer Candidate)
Reeltown used to be home to the Southeastern Kiwi Farming Cooperative, which was the Kiwi Farm in the state of Alabama.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Census-designated places in Alabama
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