Welcome to Leatherwood ...Leatherwood is located in Parke County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Leatherwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. Leatherwood is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Leatherwood lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Leatherwood (for example, toward Chrisman (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Leatherwood: 765 Communities Also Named Leatherwood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Leatherwood - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Virginia and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Leatherwood. Communities near Leatherwood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leatherwood.
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 Leatherwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leatherwood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leatherwood. 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 Leatherwood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leatherwood. See our Newspapers Page for Leatherwood. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leatherwood ...Looking for more information about Leatherwood? 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 Leatherwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Leatherwood. Adding Leatherwood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Leatherwood 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 (so far) for Leatherwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Leatherwood. Footnotes ...
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