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Welcome to Leatherwood ...

So far, we found very little information about Leatherwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Leatherwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Leatherwood, please Contact Us.

Leatherwood would have been located within present day Maury County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leatherwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Leatherwood is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Leatherwood was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Leatherwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Leatherwood: This one is located in Maury County and the other is located in Wayne County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 12 communities that are also named Leatherwood - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Leatherwood.

Communities near Leatherwood ...

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

  • Spring Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Columbia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenfield Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
    • Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
  • Fairview
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Sawdust
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sawdust is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
  • Thompson's Station
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
    • Former name for Thompson's Station:
    • Littlebury
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <4>
  • Jonesboro ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jonesboro is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Centerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Loriland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Loriland is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people

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

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

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

Adding Leatherwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leatherwood in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Leatherwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Leatherwood post office opened in 1910. The Leatherwood post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leatherwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Leatherwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Maury, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leatherwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/