Lees Landing, Louisiana

Lees Landing, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°24′16″N90°19′25″W / 30.40444°N 90.32361°W / 30.40444; -90.32361
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Tangipahoa
Elevation	3 ft (0.9 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	985
GNIS feature ID	555013 [1]
FIPS code	22-42975

Lees Landing is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 7 miles (11.27 kilometres) SE of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

History

The first settlers to claim the area was Jean Batiste Denelle and his wife Elizabeth. The family sold the land to a logger named Alexander Lea. Timber from all over Tangipahoa parish was hauled down to the property to be exported to New Orleans, Louisiana. The surrounding communities began to call the area Lea’s Landing. Later USGS maps were updated and the modern name of Lees Landing was used to describe the area. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lees Landing, Louisiana
2. Robert Vernon. "Lee's Landing (or Lea's Landing), Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana". USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
3. Marie Rundquist. "Finding Anne Marie: The Hidden History of Our Acadian Ancestors". Cape Breton University. Retrieved August 23, 2019.