Leesburg, Georgia

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Leesburg is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,480 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> up from 2,896 at the 2010 census.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> It is part of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan statistical area.

History

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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 60 days in poor conditions in the Lee County Public Works building.<ref name="walb">Template:Citation.</ref><ref name="gpb">Template:Citation.</ref>

Geography

Leesburg is in south-central Lee County. U.S. Route 19 passes through the city, leading north Template:Convert to Americus and south Template:Convert to Albany. State Route 32 is Leesburg's Main Street; it leads east Template:Convert to Ashburn and west Template:Convert to Dawson. State Route 195 leads northeast from Leesburg Template:Convert to Leslie.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Leesburg has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 1.06%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>Template:Cite web</ref> Kinchafoonee Creek flows through a western corner of the city; it leads south to the Flint River, part of the Apalachicola River watershed.

Demographics

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Leesburg racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	2,121	60.95%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	1,092	31.38%
Native American	3	0.09%
Asian	30	0.86%
Pacific Islander	1	0.03%
Other/Mixed	148	4.25%
Hispanic or Latino	85	2.44%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,480 people, 884 households, and 666 families residing in the city.

Education

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Lee County High School

The Lee County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two primary schools, two elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school.<ref>Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 22, 2010. Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore</ref> The district has 330 full-time teachers and over 5,350 students.<ref>School Stats, Retrieved June 22, 2010.</ref>