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Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
Leaman Place, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°0′26″N 76°7′0″W / 40.00722°N 76.11667°W / 40.00722; -76.11667
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyLancaster
TownshipParadise
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Leaman Place is a named place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Leaman Place is known mostly as a whistle-stop. President-elect Abraham Lincoln spoke at this station on February 22, 1861 to a crowd of 5,000. In 1968, Hubert H. Humphrey, Democratic Party candidate for president, stopped and spoke at the same place.

The Leaman Place covered bridge crosses Pequea Creek.

Geography

Leaman Place is located at 40°0′26″N 76°7′0″W / 40.00722°N 76.11667°W / 40.00722; -76.11667 (40.007222, -76.116667), and is 385 feet above mean sea level.

References

  1. Gordonville
  2. VisitPA: Leaman Place
  3. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on May 27, 2002. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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