The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Reidsville
(rds´vl) (KEY) , industrial city (1990 pop. 12,183), Rockingham co., N N.C.; settled c.1815, inc. 1873. It is a tobacco center, and manufactures include industrial gases; metal, concrete, plastic, and paper products; cigarettes; and textiles and apparel.