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Reedville ~ ca 1887 Reedville, situated on Farm Road 1984, lies about ten miles west of Lockhart in northwest Caldwell County. The community was named for Major Absolom Reed over whose farm the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad to San Marcos was built in 1887. The land had originally been part of a grant made to DeWitt colonist William Pettus in 1831. The farms around Reedville were large cotton producers and, as a result, became a focal point for cotton bale shipping. In 1890, John C. Reed, Major Reed's son, established a post office and became the first postmaster. In 1918 the office closed and was transferred to Maxwell. In 1896 the community had a population of 100. By 1905, a gin and a corn grist mill were operating, as well as a general store. In 1905 there were two schools established showing an enrollment of 102. The schools were eventually consolidated with San Marcos Independent Schools in 1949. Today, Reedville is a small community of a few homes and a cemetery. Source – 1. Caldwell County Kin: The First 150 Years published by the Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County. November 2000, C-37 2. Postmasters and Post Offices of the Tenth Congressional District of Texas, compiled by Honorable J. J. “Jake” Pickle, U. S. Representative and The Bicentennial Post Office History Advisory Committee, edited by Karl M. Conrad, 1976, page 58 3. Plum Creek Almanac, Vol. 10, #1, Spring 1992, pages 25 and 26 4. The New Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association, Vol. 5, page 504 The Plum Creek Almanac is a project of  The Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County. The Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County Copyright © 1963 Updated 10/15/2019