Welcome to East Leake ...
East Leake is located in Goochland County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of East Leake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.
A typical abbreviation for East Leake: E. Leake
East Leake is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: East Leake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for East Leake: 804 & 686<3>
Communities near East Leake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Leake.
- Louisa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
- Louisa is located in Louisa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <5>
- Mineral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Mineral is located in Louisa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 529 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <5>
- Columbia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Columbia is located in Fluvanna County
- Estimated population in 2016: 80 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <5>
- Enon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Sandy Hook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Shelfar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Gays ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Fife
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fife. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Fife is located in Goochland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fife <5>
- Tabscott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Willowbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
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 East Leake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Leake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Leake. 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 East Leake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Leake. See our Newspapers Page for East Leake.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Leake ...
Looking for more information about East Leake? 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 East Leake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Leake.
Adding East Leake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of East Leake 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 East Leake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the East Leake post office opened in 1893.
We also found East Leake on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for East Leake.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Leake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Goochland County: www.co.goochland.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Goochland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Leake - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the East Leake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the East Leake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |