Leesburg, Georgia
| Leesburg, Georgia | |
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Leesburg City Hall
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 Location in Lee County and the state of Georgia |
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| Coordinates: 31°43′58″N 84°10′15″W / 31.73278°N 84.17083°WCoordinates: 31°43′58″N 84°10′15″W / 31.73278°N 84.17083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Lee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.8 sq mi (12.3 km2) |
| • Land | 4.7 sq mi (12.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 259 ft (79 m) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 2,800 |
| • Density | 548.5/sq mi (214.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 31763 |
| Area code(s) | 229 |
| FIPS code | 13-45768 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0356352 |
Leesburg is a city in Lee County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,896 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Lee County and is part of the Albany, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The area was an important center for the study of malaria in 1924. A graduate student named Lowell T. Coggeshall collected anopheline larvae in a swamp near Leesburg. Later he helped mastermind the U.S. government's Malaria Project.
Leesburg, originally known as Wooten Station, was founded in 1870 as the Central of Georgia Railway arrived into 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 was the site of a malaria research station established by the International Health Board in 1924. 74 African American children were selected for study with splenic enlargement, a sign of malaria.
Leesburg is the site of the infamous , 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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Leesburg has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12 km2) 4.7 square miles (12 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (1.26%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,633 people, 796 households, and 612 families residing in the city. The population density was 557.2 people per square mile (214.9/km²). There were 851 housing units at an average density of 180.1 per square mile (69.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 61.56% White, 36.42% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.91% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population.
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