Welcome to Leavenworth ...The city of Leavenworth is located in Leavenworth County<1> and is the County Seat for Leavenworth County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Leavenworth, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871. The origin (or the toponymy) of Leavenworth: Named for Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834), an officer during the War of 1812. When the people of Leavenworth refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Leavenworthean<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Leavenworth has a population of 36,027 people<3> (see below for details). Leavenworth is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Leavenworth lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Leavenworth: 913 The ZIP code for Leavenworth: 66048<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Leavenworth had an population of 36,027 people. This is an increase of 2.2% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 1.71% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Leavenworth had a population of 35,251 people (or 46.07% of the total population of Leavenworth County). This makes Leavenworth the county's most populous community. The population of Leavenworth represents 1.24% of the population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's 12th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 35,251 people, the population of Leavenworth has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 35,420 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Leavenworth. Communities Also Named Leavenworth ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Leavenworth - they are located in Indiana, Minnesota and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Leavenworth. Websites for Leavenworth ...Official Website: www.lvks.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.lvarea.com/LLCofC.htm/ Communities near Leavenworth ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leavenworth.
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 Leavenworth. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leavenworth. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leavenworth. 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 Leavenworth. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leavenworth. Our list includes 127 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Leavenworth. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leavenworth ...Looking for more information about Leavenworth? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Leavenworth, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Leavenworth. Adding Leavenworth to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Leavenworth. Footnotes ...
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