Leesville, Connecticut

Unincorporated community in Connecticut, United States
41°30′42″N 72°28′52″W / 41.51167°N 72.48111°W / 41.51167; -72.48111CountryUnited StatesStateConnecticutCountyMiddlesexTownEast HaddamElevation
33 ft (10 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code860GNIS 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]

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.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Municipalities and communities of Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
County seat: Middletown
City
TownsBoroughCDPsOther
communities
  • Connecticut portal
  • United States portal


Stub icon

This Connecticut state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e