Welcome to Leesville ...The city of Leesville is located in Vernon Parish<1> and is the Parish Seat for Vernon Parish. While we don't have a date for the founding of Leesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Leesville has a population of 5,611 people<2> (see below for details). Leesville is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Leesville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Leesville: 337 The ZIP codes for Leesville: 71446, 71459, 71496<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Leesville had an population of 5,611 people. This is a decrease of 15.14% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 16.91% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Leesville had a population of 6,612 people (or 12.54% of the total population of Vernon Parish). This makes Leesville the parish's most populous community. The population of Leesville represents 0.15% of the population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 53rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 6,612 people, the population of Leesville decreased 2.09% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 6,753 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Leesville. Communities Also Named Leesville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Leesville - they are located in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), South Carolina, Texas and Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Leesville. Websites for Leesville ...Chamber of Commerce: www.chambervernonparish.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Leesville, the following might be of interest: Communities near Leesville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leesville.
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 Leesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leesville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leesville. 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 Leesville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leesville. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Leesville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leesville ...Looking for more information about Leesville? 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 Leesville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Leesville. Adding Leesville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Leesville 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 Leesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Leesville. Footnotes ...
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