BlockLeesburg, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Woodland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61501. The Survey maps it on the Astoria quadrangle. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1926 USGS Beardstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Beardstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
15,783 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Woodland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Woodland Township - 15,783 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leesburg in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leesburg | - | A large tree was blown down across County Highway 2 just north of its intersection with Workmans Road. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summum | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Astoria | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Beaty | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Howard | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Marbletown | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Vermont | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Otto (historical) | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ipava | 7.2 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Leesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6516432 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 411919. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.