Editing Leslie, Michigan (section)

==History==
Leslie was first settled by Elijah Woodworth in 1836, who built the first log cabin in the city. It was originally named Meekerville after a pioneer to the area, Benjamin Meeker. Jerry G. Cornell named the town after {{clarify |date=September 2019 |reason=Presumably a "family named Leslie", but unclear. No way to verify or clarify from source. |text=a prominent Leslie family in eastern New York}}, his home state. The name Leslie was adopted officially when a post office was assigned to the area in 1841. Leslie was later incorporated as a village in 1869, and as a city nearly 100 years later in 1968.<ref>Rolly Olney, Leslie City Manager, information received January 8, 2006.</ref>