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Welcome to Leroy ...

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

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


Leroy would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Leroy, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Leroy is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Leroy was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Leroy still existed, it would have been in the (352) area code.

Communities Also Named Leroy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Leroy - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Leroy ...

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

  • Ocala
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
    • Ocala is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <5>
  • Belleview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Williston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Dunnellon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Reddick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Chatmire
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmire
    • Chatmire is located in Marion County
  • Fellowship
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
    • Fellowship is located in Marion County
  • Citrus Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Holder
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Morriston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Leroy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leroy in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Leroy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Leroy post office opened in 1888.

We also found Leroy in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leroy.

The official website for Marion County: www.marioncountyfl.org/

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

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 Leroy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Marion, 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 Leroy - 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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