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Leesburg, GA - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Leesburg  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Leesburg Home page. The Leesburg Home page provides as much information as possible on Leesburg. Knowing Leesburg’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Leesburg’s Home page, you will also find Leesburg’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Leesburg has a population of 3035. 50% of Leesburg’s inhabitants are Male, and 50 are female. 44.2% of Leesburg is married and 64.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $117,051, and the average rent is $924. Household median income in Leesburg is $60,110, and the individual median income is $32,743. Leesburg’s Ethnic is the following: White(65.2%), Black(29.9%), Multiple(2.4%), Hispanic(1.6%), Asian(1.4%), Native(0.6%), Other(0.5%).


Leesburg, originally known as "Wooten Station", was founded in 1870 as the Central of Georgia Railway arrived in the area. In 1872, the town was renamed "Wooten", and the seat was transferred from Starksville. In 1874, the town was incorporated and renamed again to its present form of Leesburg.Leesburg is the site of the Leesburg Stockade incident, in which a group of African-American teenage and pre-teen girls were arrested for protesting racial segregation in Americus, Georgia, and were imprisoned without charges for 45 days in poor conditions in the Lee County Public Works building.


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