Leesburg, Texas

Leesburg, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°59′15″N95°05′02″W / 32.98750°N 95.08389°W / 32.98750; -95.08389
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Camp
Elevation [1]	397 ft (121 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	75451
Area code	903, 430
GNIS feature ID	1339795 [1]

Leesburg is an unincorporated community in southwestern Camp County, Texas, United States. Although Leesburg is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75451.

History

It was the site of the public burning of nineteen-year-old Wylie McNeely in 1921. Five hundred white people gathered to watch McNeely, who was black, be burned alive at a stake by a mob after he was accused of assault by a white girl. ^[2]

Geography

Leesburg lies along Texas State Highway 11 on the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, 7 mi (11 km) west of the city of Pittsburg in western Camp County. ^[3]

Education

Leesburg had two schools in 1896. Since 1955, its schools have been consolidated into the Pittsburg Independent School District. ^[3]

Notable people

• Leo Birdine - baseball player ^[4]
• Carroll Shelby – automotive designer and racing driver, born in Leesburg ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leesburg, Texas
2. "San Francisco Call 11 October 1921 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
3. Leesburg, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
4. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN   0-7867-0959-6.
5. "The Official Carroll Shelby Website: History page". carrollshelby.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
6. "The Life of a Legend through the Years". Motor Trend. May 11, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2018.