Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Leesburg came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Leesburg in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Leesburg. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Leesburg data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Leesburg:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Leesburg is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Leesburg in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Leesburg for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Leesburg. See our Misc Page for Leesburg for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Leesburg:

The following route mentioned Leesburg as a scheduled stop:

The Havana Special: From the timetable for the Havana Special (train schedule from 1933). The defunct Havana Special travelled between New York (NY) and Key West (FL)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Leesburg: www.ci.leesburg.fl.us/

The official website for Lake County: www.lakegovernment.com/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/