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Welcome to Leedstown ...

Leedstown is located in Westmoreland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leedstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1782.

Leedstown is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Leedstown: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Leedstown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leedstown ...

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

Adding Leedstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leedstown 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 Leedstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Leedstown post office opened in 1782.

We also found Leedstown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leedstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Westmoreland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leedstown - 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 Leedstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Leedstown 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>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.
<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/