Leesville
Leesville is a village in the town of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, on Connecticut Route 151, north of the town center. It was originally named Lord's Mills after a local vegetable oil watermill, the first in Connecticut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Also known as: “Leesville, Connecticut”, “Leesville, CT”, and “Lord’s Mills”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sunrise State Park and East Haddam Free Public Library.
Sunrise State Park
Park
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sunrise State Park is a public recreation area occupying the site of the former Sunrise Resort in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut. The state park encompasses 143 acres on the east shore of Salmon River and shares an entrance with Machimoodus State Park to the south.
East Haddam Free Public Library
Library
East Haddam Free Public Library is situated 2 miles southeast of Leesville.
Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Landfill
Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.
Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant located in Haddam Neck, Connecticut. The power plant was on Connecticut River near the East Haddam Swing Bridge. Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant is situated 2 miles south of Leesville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Johnsonville Village and Moodus.
Johnsonville Village
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Johnsonville Village is an abandoned ghost town in East Haddam, Connecticut, United States. On July 7, 2017, the property was acquired by the Iglesia ni Cristo, a Christian denomination based in the Philippines.
Moodus
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moodus is a village in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut, United States. The village is the basis of a census-designated place of the same name. The population of the CDP was 1,982 as of the census of 2020. Moodus is situated 1½ miles east of Leesville.
Little Haddam
Hamlet
The Little Haddam Historic District is a historic district encompassing a rural village center at Orchard and Town Roads in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut. Little Haddam is situated 3 miles southeast of Leesville.
Leesville
Latitude
41.51177° or 41° 30′ 42″ northLongitude
-72.4812° or 72° 28′ 52″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87H9GG69+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 158866556OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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