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Welcome to Leaper ...

Leaper is located in Gallia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leaper, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Leaper is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Leaper lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Leaper: 740 & 220<3>

Websites for Leaper ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Leaper, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Leaper ...

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

  • Barboursville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Point Pleasant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Milton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Milton is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <4>
  • Buffalo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo is located in Putnam County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
  • Rio Grande
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Proctorville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Crown City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Crown City is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
  • Athalia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Athalia is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Henderson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leaper ...

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

Adding Leaper to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Leaper post office opened in 1880. The Leaper post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leaper.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Gallia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leaper - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Leaper area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Leaper 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/