Leesburg, Mississippi

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Leesburg, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Leesburg
Coordinates: 32°26′26″N89°45′37″W / 32.44056°N 89.76028°W / 32.44056; -89.76028
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Rankin
Elevation
371 ft (113 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID690919 [1]

Leesburg (also spelled Leesburgh), is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.

In 1900, Leesburg had a population of 50. [2]

A post office operated under the name Leesburgh from 1879 to 1890 and under Leesburg from 1900 to 1938. [3]

Leesburg was once home to a school. In 1956, the school closed and its students were transferred to the school in Pisgah. [4]

The Leesburg Baptist Church was one of the founding churches in the Rankin County Baptist Association. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Leesburg". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 70.
  3. ↑ "Rankin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ Munn, John. "History of Leesburg". MSGenWeb. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  5. ↑ Leavell, Zachary T.; Bailey, Thomas J. (1904). A Complete History of Mississippi Baptists, From the Earliest Times. Vol. 2. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Baptist Publishing Company. p. 1138.
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