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Welcome to Leetown ...

Leetown is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leetown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Leetown is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Leetown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Leetown: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Leetown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Leetown - they are located in Arkansas, Mississippi, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Leetown ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowling Green is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
    • Former names for Bowling Green:
    • Bolin Green
    • McFadden's Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <4>
  • Beaver Dam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Morgantown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Auburn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lewisburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Drakesboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • McHenry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • McHenry is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
  • Rockport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockport is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
  • Rochester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rochester is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Woodbury
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodbury is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leetown ...

Looking for more information about Leetown? 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 Leetown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Leetown.

Adding Leetown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leetown 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 Leetown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Leetown post office opened in 1913. The Leetown post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leetown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leetown - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Leetown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Leetown 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/