Leaman Place, Pennsylvania

Leaman Place, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°0′26″N76°7′0″W / 40.00722°N 76.11667°W / 40.00722; -76.11667
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lancaster
Township	Paradise
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

Leaman Place is a named place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Leaman Place is known mostly as a whistle-stop. President-elect Abraham Lincoln spoke at this station on February 22, 1861 to a crowd of 5,000. ^[1] In 1968, Hubert H. Humphrey, Democratic Party candidate for president, stopped and spoke at the same place.

The Leaman Place covered bridge crosses Pequea Creek. ^[2]

Geography

Leaman Place is located at 40°0′26″N76°7′0″W / 40.00722°N 76.11667°W / 40.00722; -76.11667 (40.007222, -76.116667), ^[3] and is 385 feet above mean sea level.

References

1. Gordonville
2. VisitPA: Leaman Place
3. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on May 27, 2002. Retrieved April 23, 2011.