History of Reed Illinois, 1907
This township, one of the largest in the county, is now the smallest. From 1860 to 1875 it included in its boundaries all of Custer township, including its own. It now has but eighteen sections, or just one-half of an ordinary township. It was called Clinton at first by the county commissioners, but when the supervisors met for the first time in 1850 they changed the name to Reed, in honor of one of the early settlers. The land is very level, smooth prairie, with very little timber, and what there is is of small, scattering growth. There are no … Read more