Do you know of Leeds ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Leeds. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Leeds.<1>
Our sources for Leeds (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Leeds other than they indicate that Leeds would be found somewhere in Amherst County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1895 and closed in 1907.
Communities Also Named Leeds ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Leeds.
Within Virginia, the name Leeds is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Leeds [Jefferson County].
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Leeds [La Salle County].
- Iowa
- Woodbury County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Leeds [Woodbury County].
- Kansas
- Maine
- Androscoggin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Leeds [Androscoggin County].
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Hampshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Leeds [Hampshire County].
- Missouri
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Leeds [Jackson County].
- New York
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Leeds [Greene County].
- North Dakota
- Benson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Leeds [Benson County].
- Ohio
- Noble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Leeds [Noble County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Leeds.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Leeds [Chester County].
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Leeds [Washington County].
- Wisconsin
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Leeds [Columbia County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Leeds ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Leeds:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Amherst County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Amherst County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Leeds could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |