Leesville, Connecticut | |
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Coordinates: 41°30′42″N 72°28′52″W / 41.51167°N 72.48111°W | |
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 ID | 212495[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
[edit]- ^ "Leesville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Barber, John Warner (1836). Connecticut Historical Collections. Durrie & Peck. p. 525. ISBN 9780722249598.