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Welcome to North Leeds ...

North Leeds is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Leeds, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for North Leeds: N. Leeds

North Leeds is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: North Leeds lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named North Leeds ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Leeds - it's located in Maine.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Leeds.

Communities near North Leeds ...

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

  • Madison
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Sun Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
  • Middleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Middleton is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
  • Waunakee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waunakee is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
  • DeForest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Portage
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Monona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Monona is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
  • Windsor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cottage Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Columbus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

Adding North Leeds to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Leeds 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 North Leeds was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the North Leeds post office opened in 1857. The North Leeds post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Leeds.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Leeds - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/