Leavittsburg

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Leavittsburg
Leavittsburg, Ohio
Leavittsburg
Leavittsburg
Location in Ohio
Basic data
State : United States
State : Ohio
County : Trumbull County
Coordinates : 41 ° 15 ′  N , 80 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 15 ′  N , 80 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,200 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 511.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.5 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 4.3 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 277 m
Postal code : 44430
Area code : +1 330
FIPS : 39-42308
GNIS ID : 1064978
Leavittsburg in Trumbull County, Ohio. The place borders on the County Seat Warren in Warren Township

Leavittsburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Trumbull County , in the US state of Ohio , United States . According to the 2000 census, the population was 2,200.

Census-designated places are areas that are specifically recorded statistically by the United States Census Bureau , but are subordinate to the administration of a higher-level administrative unit , usually a township. Leavittsburg is part of the Youngstown - Warren - Boardman metropolitan area .

history

Leavittsburg was part of the Connecticut Western Reserve , from which John Leavitt and his family of Suffield , Connecticut , bought land. The family has their burial place here.

Leavittsburg was to become a market town and county seat in Trumbull County, but Warren ousted Leavittsburg in this effort. The area remained mostly woodland. On March 15, 1864, a post office was opened under the name Leavittsburgh , the spelling was changed to Leavittsburg on July 19, 1893.

education

Four schools are on campus on North Leavitt Road:

  • LaBrae High School
  • LaBrae Middle School
  • LaBrae Intermediate School
  • Bascom Elementary School

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Vol. I, HZ Williams & Bros., Cleveland, Ohio, 1882
  2. ^ John S. Gallagher and, Alan H. Patera: The Post Offices of Ohio . The Depot, Burtonsville, Maryland 1979, p. 232

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