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Welcome to Leat ...

Leat is located in Cherry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Leat is 3,360 feet [1,024 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Leat is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Area Codes for Leat: 402 & 531<3>

Communities near Leat ...

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

  • Martin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Martin is located in Bennett County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin <4>
  • Merriman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Gordon
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Swett ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Swett is located in Bennett County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swett
    • Estimated population in 2014: 283 people
  • Batesland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Batesland is located in Oglala Lakota County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesland <4>
  • Tuthill
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Allen
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Clinton
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Clinton is located in Sheridan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
  • Denby
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Denby is located in Oglala Lakota County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denby
  • Cody
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leat ...

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

Adding Leat to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Leat post office opened in 1915. The Leat post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leat.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Cherry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leat - 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 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Leat area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Leat 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/