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Welcome to Leigh ...

Leigh is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Leigh is located in Harrison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leigh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Leigh is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Leigh: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Leigh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Leigh - they are located in Nebraska, Ontario and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Leigh ...

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

  • Marshall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Blanchard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Waskom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oil City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mooringsport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Scottsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Nesbitt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Nesbitt is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
  • Belcher
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Leigh. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leigh.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leigh ...

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

Adding Leigh to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leigh 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 Leigh was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leigh.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Harrison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leigh - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Leigh area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Leigh 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.