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Leesburg, Texas

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Leesburg, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Leesburg
Location within the state of Texas
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Leesburg
Leesburg (the United States)
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
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397 ft (121 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
75451
Area code 903, 430
GNIS feature ID1339795 [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.

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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

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.
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