Leesburg, New Jersey

{{Short description|Populated place in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US}}

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|name = Leesburg, New Jersey

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|subdivision_name2 = Cumberland

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|subdivision_name3 = Maurice River

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|area_total_km2 = 5.10

|area_total_sq_mi = 1.97

|area_land_km2 = 4.56

|area_water_km2 = 0.54

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.76

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.21

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = [https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US3439870 Census Data Explorer: Leesburg CDP, New Jersey], United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.

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|postal_code_type = ZIP Code

|postal_code = 08327

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|blank_info = {{FIPS|34|39870}}[https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey], Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.

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Leesburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.html State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020], United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. located within Maurice River Township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxdoeHL0-1sC&q=Bennett%27s+Mill%2C+New+Jersey+cumberland+county&pg=RA2-PA18|title=A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey|first=Henry|last=Gannett|date=January 28, 1895|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}} The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08327.

The land that later became the town of Leesburg in the late eighteenth century also was surveyed by John Worledge and John Budd in 1691. Similar to Dorchester, the first settlers to the area were most likely Swedish, though a town was not established until 1795 when John Lee, an Egg Harbor shipwright, founded Leesburg. In doing so, he and his brothers opened the first shipyard—and with it established the industrial destiny of constructing coastal vessels. In 1850 James Ward built a marine railway here to facilitate the repair of larger ships, which were attracted to Maurice River site because it was only six miles from the Delaware Bay.

Though Leesburg's economic base was primarily shipbuilding, two successful early twentieth-century industries were the Leesburg Packing Company, a cannery that seasonally employed 100 persons, and J. C. Fifield and Son, a fertilizer works. Today the only evidence of these industries is WHIBCO Inc., a sandmining company whose administrative offices occupy the buildings of the former Del Bay Shipyard

Bayside State Prison is located in Leesburg."[http://www.nj.gov/corrections/pdf/cia_driving_directions/bsp.pdf Bayside State Prison]." New Jersey Department of Corrections. Accessed September 27, 2011. "4293 RT. 47 LEESBURG, NEW JERSEY 08327""[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=06000US3401144580&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Maurice River township, Cumberland County, New Jersey]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed September 27, 2011. In 1988 the prison was renamed from "Leesburg State Prison," though some Leesburg residents stated dissatisfaction with the renaming since it was the only widely known aspect of the Leesburg community.Razler, David M. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEA77F886AE064&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "To Leesburg, Bayside Prison Name's The Game"], The Press of Atlantic City, December 1, 1988. Accessed September 27, 2011. "Leesburg residents say they're unhappy with the change - since it takes away from them the only thing that makes their community famous."