Welcome to Leakesville ...
The town of Leakesville is located in Greene County<1> and is the County Seat for Greene County.
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The location of Leakesville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Leakesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1829.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Leakesville has a population of 874 people<3> (see below for details).
Leakesville is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: Leakesville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Leakesville: 601 & 769<5>
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Leakesville had an population of 874 people. This is a decrease of 2.67% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 14.81% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Leakesville had a population of 898 people (which is 6.24% of the total population of Greene County). This makes Leakesville the county's most populous community.
The population of Leakesville represents 0.03% of the total population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 170th most populous community.
With a 2010 count of 898 people, the population of Leakesville decreased 12.48% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,026 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Leakesville.
Communities near Leakesville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leakesville.
- Citronelle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citronelle
- Citronelle is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,873 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Citronelle <6>
- Lucedale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucedale
- Lucedale is located in George County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucedale <6>
- McLain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Brown Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Brown Town is located in Greene County
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Clark is located in Greene County
- Escatawpa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Deer Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deer Park is located in Washington County (AL)
- Vinegar Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Bend
- Vinegar Bend is located in Washington County (AL)
- Avera
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Bexley
(14 miles [22.5 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 Leakesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leakesville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leakesville. 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 Leakesville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leakesville. See our Newspapers Page for Leakesville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leakesville ...
Looking for more information about Leakesville? 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 Leakesville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Leakesville.
Adding Leakesville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Leakesville 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 for Leakesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
From that list, the Leakesville post office opened in 1829.
We also found Leakesville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Leakesville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leakesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Leakesville. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leakesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Leakesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Leakesville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |