Editing Leesport, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Leesport is named for Samuel Lee, who in 1840, laid out building lots.<ref>{{cite book | last = Wagner | first =  A. E. | title = The Story of Berks County (Pennsylvania) | publisher =  New York Public Library | year = 1913 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FVQVAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Leesport%22%22Berks%20County%22 | pages = 226}}</ref>

A post office was established in 1851.<ref>{{cite book | last = Montgomery | first = Morton Luther | title = History of Berks County in Pennsylvania | publisher = Everts, Peck and Richards | year = 1886 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VG29BvVp588C&pg=PP9 | pages = 472| volume = 1}}</ref> An anthracite furnace owned by the Leesport Iron Company was built in 1853.<ref>{{cite book | last = Lesley | first = J. P. | title = The Iron Manufacturer's Guide to the Furnaces, Forges and Rolling Mills of the United States, with Discussions of Iron as a Chemical Element, an American Ore, and a Manufactured Article, in Commerce and in History | publisher = John Wiley | year = 1866 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HlHU4sYiRTMC&dq=Leesport&pg=PR11 | pages = 10}}</ref><ref name="DW">{{cite book | last = Egle | first = Wm. H. | title = An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | publisher = DeWitt C. Goodrich | year = 1876 | url = https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735056287554/viewer#page/392/mode/2up | pages = 390}}</ref> Leesport was described in 1876 as "a flourishing village", with a station of the [[Philadelphia and Reading Railroad]].<ref name="DW"/>

In 1957, West Leesport, a borough located directly across the [[Schuylkill River]], was incorporated into Leesport.<ref>{{cite web | title = Welcome to Leesport, PA | publisher = Borough of Leesport, Pennsylvania | url = https://leesport.org/index.html | accessdate = January 28, 2024}}</ref>