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Reeds Spring

The old buildings and new city hall of Reeds Spring wear an air of expectation as its town leaders plan for commercial and recreational growth. The small town was once a high-profile center of commerce with a natural spring at its center. Plans are underway to restore it to its former prominence.

Reeds Spring’s current population of 465 places an emphasis on community with whole-town activities such as rummage sales on weekends, craft fairs and other activities. The school system is also emphasized. In addition to the standard kindergarten through twelfth grades, the school system features a vocational-technical school and an alternative school as well.

Municipal government stretches an annual budget of about $480,000 to cover a city staff of six people, water and sewer services, police department and street repair. Two hiking and biking trails and a park are being developed to enhance local recreation.

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History
The Reeds brothers may have attached their name to a spring when they established a post office in 1871 at Reeds Spring. Just past the turn of the last century, railroad crews began laying tracks through Stone and Taney Counties. A tunnel was needed near Reeds Spring, and the town grew quickly to supply the needs of railroad workers. A hotel served as the town’s first school until a separate building was erected. The railroad’s completion created prosperity and a means of shipping out local products.

From 1910 to about 1925, cutting railroad ties was a major industry in Reeds Spring. Large tomato canneries followed in the late 1920s, and Reeds Spring also was a center for exporting cattle. Some tomato canneries were converted into meat canning factories during a major drought. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, cedar posts were produced and shipped for fences, pilings, poles and pencils. Float fishing trips on the rivers also brought in tourists. Since the 1960s, Reeds Spring has been a stop for tourists to visit local artists on their way to Table Rock Lake.