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Welcome to Leonard ...

So far, we found very little information about Leonard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Leonard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Leonard, please Contact Us.

Leonard would have been located within present day Santa Cruz County<2>.


The location of Leonard has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Leonard, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Leonard is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Leonard was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Leonard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Leonard: This one is located in Santa Cruz County and the other is located in Lassen County.

Beyond California, there are 23 communities that are also named Leonard - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Leonard.

Communities near Leonard ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leonard.

  • Santa Cruz
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gilroy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilroy
    • Gilroy is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,831 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilroy <5>
  • Watsonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Morgan Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Marina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina
    • Marina is located in Monterey County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marina <5>
  • Scotts Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Capitola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • San Juan Bautista
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Amesti
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesti
    • Amesti is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Corralitos
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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 Leonard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leonard.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leonard. 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 Leonard.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leonard. See our Newspapers Page for Leonard.

Adding Leonard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leonard 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 Leonard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Leonard post office opened in 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leonard.

The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Leonard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leonard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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