Leesville, Connecticut

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Leesville, Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°30′42″N72°28′52″W / 41.51167°N 72.48111°W / 41.51167; -72.48111
Country United States
State Connecticut
County Middlesex
Town East Haddam
Elevation
33 ft (10 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 860
GNIS feature ID212495 [1]

Leesville is a village in the town of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, on Connecticut Route 151, north of the town center. It was originally named Lord's Mills after a local vegetable oil watermill, the first in Connecticut. [2]

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References

  1. "Leesville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Barber, John Warner (1836). Connecticut Historical Collections. Durrie & Peck. p. 525. ISBN   9780722249598.