Welcome to Leitchfield ...The city of Leitchfield is located in Grayson County<1> and is the County Seat for Grayson County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Leitchfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877. The city was incorporated in 1866. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Leitchfield has a population of 6,823 people<2> (see below for details). Leitchfield is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Leitchfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Leitchfield (for example, toward Upton), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Leitchfield: 270 & 364<4> The ZIP codes for Leitchfield: 42754-42755<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Leitchfield had an population of 6,823 people. This is an increase of 1.85% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.14% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Leitchfield had a population of 6,699 people (or 25.98% of the total population of Grayson County). This makes Leitchfield the county's most populous community. The population of Leitchfield represents 0.15% of the total population of Kentucky (which has 4,339,367 people), making it the state's 60th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 6,699 people, the population of Leitchfield increased 9.12% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 6,139 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Leitchfield. Communities near Leitchfield ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leitchfield.
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 Leitchfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leitchfield. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leitchfield. 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 Leitchfield. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leitchfield. Our list includes 12 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Leitchfield. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leitchfield ...Looking for more information about Leitchfield? 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 Leitchfield, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Leitchfield. Adding Leitchfield to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Leitchfield 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 Leitchfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Leitchfield. Footnotes ...
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