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SMALL TOWN SALUTE: Leesburg was once ‘Leesburgh’
LEESBURG, Texas (KETK) – As a particular request from viewer Dave Ellenbecker, for Small City Salute, KETK’s Neal Barton featured Leesburg.
Leesburg is seven miles west of Pittsburg in western Camp County.
The city was named after the John Lee household, who have been among the earliest settlers within the space.
In 1874, Leesburg was one in every of three cities proposed to be the county seat of Camp County, nevertheless, it completed second to Pittsburg. That yr a put up workplace known as “Leesburgh” was established.
The city couldn’t agree on the spelling, however by 1990, it was modified to what we’ve right now.
From the Nineties by way of the early Nineteen Thirties, the inhabitants of Leesburg grew round 300. Quick ahead to 2022, now greater than 1,000 individuals name Leesburg house.
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