Leesburg

About Leesburg

Leesburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Maurice River Township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08327. As of the 2020 census, Leesburg had a population of 601.

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. 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.

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Living in Leesburg

Median household income

$58,750

Median home value

$187,500

Median age

66.4

Map of Leesburg

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Leesburg, NJ population

Leesburg had 601 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Leesburg at a glance

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Gazetteer, ZCTA), USGS GNIS, Wikidata.

Towns near Leesburg

• Dorchester0.7 mi NE
• Mauricetown2.4 mi NW
• Heislerville2.8 mi S
• Maurice River3.2 mi NE
• Port Elizabeth3.2 mi N
• Port Norris3.2 mi W
• Commercial3.2 mi W
• Delmont3.8 mi SE
• Laurel Lake5.1 mi NW
• Belleplain5.7 mi E
• Dividing Creek6.4 mi W
• Cumberland-Hesstown7.7 mi NE

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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