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Welcome to Lessie ...

Lessie is located in Nassau County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lessie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Lessie is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Lessie lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lessie: 904 & 324<3>

Communities near Lessie ...

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

  • Woodstock ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodstock is located in Charlton County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
  • Saint Marys
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Kingsland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fernandina Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
  • Folkston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Folkston is located in Charlton County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folkston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,043 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folkston <4>
  • Hazlehurst
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hazlehurst is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
  • Hilliard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Callahan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Woodbine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lessie ...

Looking for more information about Lessie? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lessie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lessie.

Adding Lessie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lessie 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 (so far) for Lessie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lessie post office opened in 1899. The Lessie post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lessie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Nassau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lessie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 904 code has been Overlayed with the 324 area code. New phone numbers in the Lessie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 904 or 324. As a result, placing a call in the Lessie area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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