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Welcome to Leber ...

Leber is located in Pierce County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leber, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1877.

Leber is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Leber lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Leber ...

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

  • Lakewood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Puyallup
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bonney Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumner
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Fife
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
    • Fife is located in Pierce County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,458 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fife <3>
  • DuPont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Yelm
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelm
    • Yelm is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yelm <3>
  • Orting
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Steilacoom
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Eatonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leber ...

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

Adding Leber to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leber in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Leber was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Leber post office opened in 1877.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leber.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pierce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leber - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/