Reeltown, Alabama

Reeltown is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 766 as of the 2010 census.^[3]

Reeltown, Alabama
Census-designated place
Location of Reeltown in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
Reeltown, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°36′13″N 85°48′19″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Tallapoosa
Area [1]
• Total	7.57 sq mi (19.62 km2)
• Land	7.55 sq mi (19.54 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2)
Elevation	620 ft (190 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	794
• Density	105.22/sq mi (40.62/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	158909[2]

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.^[4]

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

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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)

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Reeltown used to be home to the Southeastern Kiwi Farming Cooperative, which was the Kiwi Farm in the state of Alabama.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	794		—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]