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Welcome to Leck ...

Leck is located in Dickenson County<1>.

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

Leck is 2,400 feet [732 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Leck is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Leck: 276

Communities near Leck ...

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

  • Norton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jenkins
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenkins is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,895 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkins <3>
  • Coeburn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clintwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pound
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Elkhorn City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Saint Paul
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fleming - Neon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • Haysi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Haysi is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leck ...

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

Adding Leck to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leck 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 Leck was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Leck post office opened in 1901. The Leck post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leck.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Dickenson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leck - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/