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Welcome to Leedo ...So far, we found very little information about Leedo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Leedo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Leedo, please Contact Us. Leedo would have been located within present day Jefferson County<2>. The location of Leedo has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Leedo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905. While the community is gone, the present day location for Leedo is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Leedo was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Leedo would have been located in the (601) and (769)<5> area codes. Communities near Leedo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leedo.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Leedo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leedo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leedo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leedo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leedo. See our Newspapers Page for Leedo. Adding Leedo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Leedo in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Leedo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Leedo on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Leedo. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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