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Welcome to Leadington ...

The city of Leadington is located in Saint Francois County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leadington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Leadington has a population of 600 people<2> (see below for details).

Leadington is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Leadington: 573 & 235<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Leadington had an population of 600 people. This is an increase of 42.18% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 191.26% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Leadington had a population of 422 people. This makes Leadington the county's 8th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 422 people, the population of Leadington increased 104.85% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 206 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Leadington.

Communities near Leadington ...

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

  • Farmington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonne Terre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Potosi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Potosi is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Potosi <5>
  • Bismarck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bismarck is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,469 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bismarck <5>
  • Ironton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Leadwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Leadwood is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,158 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leadwood <5>
  • Iron Mountain Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Iron Mountain Lake is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Pilot Knob
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bloomsdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Arcadia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leadington ...

Looking for more information about Leadington? 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 Leadington, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Leadington.

Adding Leadington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leadington 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 Leadington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Leadington post office opened in 1894. The Leadington post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leadington.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Saint Francois, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Leadington.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leadington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Leadington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Leadington area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/