Leesville, Indiana

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Historic marker for Leesville Indiana, describing its founding and the history of the town Leesville, IN Historic Marker.jpg
Historic marker for Leesville Indiana, describing its founding and the history of the town

Leesville is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. [1]

History

Leesville was founded in 1818. [2] A majority of the early settlers being natives of Lee County, Virginia, caused the name to be selected. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leesville, Indiana
  2. ↑ History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Higginson Book Company. 1884. pp.  172.
  3. ↑ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. p.  36.

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