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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)
  • Mineral
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Enon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Enon is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
  • Sandy Hook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
  • Shelfar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shelfar is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
  • Gays ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gays is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
  • Fife
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tabscott
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tabscott is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
  • Willowbrook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook

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 (so far) for East Leake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Leake post office opened in 1893. The East Leake post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Leake.

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>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/