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Welcome to Leona Mines ...

So far, we found very little information about Leona Mines. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Leona Mines to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Leona Mines, please Contact Us.

Leona Mines would have been located within present day Lee County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leona Mines, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Leona Mines is 1,920 feet [585 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Leona Mines was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Leona Mines was located: 276

Communities near Leona Mines ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cumberland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Pennington Gap
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
  • Appalachia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Harlan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Harlan is located in Harlan County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,471 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harlan <4>
  • Jonesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Evarts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Evarts is located in Harlan County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evarts
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evarts <4>
  • Lynch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lynch is located in Harlan County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynch <4>
  • Loyall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Loyall is located in Harlan County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Benham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Benham is located in Harlan County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benham <4>

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

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

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

Adding Leona Mines to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leona Mines 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 Leona Mines was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Leona Mines post office opened in 1910. The Leona Mines post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leona Mines.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Leona Mines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leona Mines - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/