REAGAN, TEXAS

Falls County, Central Texas North

31° 13' 4" N, 96° 47' 0" W (31.217778, -96.783333)

TX Hwy 6 and FM 413
9 miles SE of Marlin the county seat
35 miles SE of Waco
11 miles SW of Kosse
19 miles NE of Rosebud
30 miles NW of Hearne
44 miles NW of Bryan / College Station
ZIP code 76680
Area code 254
Population: 300 Est. (2019)
208 (2000) 200 (1990)

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Reagan Post Office, TX 76680
Photo courtesy of Paul Newsome, August, 2004
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History in a Pecan Shell

Reagan was named after William Reason Reagan who donated the land. It dates from 1873 when the Waco and Northwestern Railroad laid tracks between Bremond and Ross.

During the mid-1880s Reagan reportedly had nine (!) cotton gins, five stores, and two hotels.

By 1890 they had a weekly newspaper and a thriving population of 500 people.

In 1905 there were two one-teacher schools for Blacks and one three-teacher school for others. Reagan schools consolidated into the Marlin ISD during the wave of school consolidations after WWII.

Reagan reached its high-water mark in 1914 with 600 Reaganites. Population fell during the 1920s and even further in the 30s. It was down to 353 by the time the U.S. entered WWII.

The Southern Pacific discontinued rail service in 1965.

Reagan First Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2005

Reagan Mt Zion Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2005
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Central Texas North

Reagan, Texas Nearby Towns:
Marlin the county seat
Waco
Kosse
Rosebud
Calvert
Hearne
Bryan / College Station
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