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Leeds Point (also known as Leeds) is an unincorporated community located within Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.[5] Leeds Point is 5.7 miles (9.2 km) northeast of Absecon. Leeds Point has a post office with ZIP code 08220, which opened on December 18, 1827.[3][6] The town is named after the Leeds family, whose first American member, Daniel Leeds, Surveyor General of West Jersey around the beginning of the 18th century, after immigrating to New Jersey from the city of Leeds in England, claimed the land which now makes up Leeds Point; some of his descendants lived in Leeds Point from then on. (His descendants also include his son Daniel Leeds and grandson Titan Leeds, who in Philadelphia published one of America's first almanacs.)[7]

Leeds Point, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Neighboring communities
Leeds Point
Location in Atlantic County (Inset: Atlantic County in New Jersey)
Leeds Point
Leeds Point (New Jersey)
Leeds Point
Leeds Point (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°29′31″N 74°25′45″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyAtlantic
TownshipGalloway
Area
[1]
 • Total0.24 sq mi (0.63 km2)
 • Land0.24 sq mi (0.63 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
49 ft (15 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total205
 • Density847.11/sq mi (326.83/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP code
08220[3]
Area code(s)609, 640
GNIS feature ID877726[4]

The Jersey Devil was born in Leeds Point, according to one legend about the cryptid. The legend claims that in 1735, the thirteenth child of a Mrs. Leeds from the community was transformed into a demon shortly after its birth.[8]


Demographics


Historical population
CensusPop.%±
2020205—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

References


  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 11, 2022.
  3. Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed November 18, 2013.
  4. "Leeds Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  6. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  7. Beck, Henry Charlton (1945). Jersey Genesis: The story of the Mullica River (5th ed.). Rutgers University Press. pp. 65–67. ISBN 0-8135-1015-5.
  8. Heide, Robert; John Gilman (2007). Backroads of New Jersey: Your Guide to New Jersey's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures. Voyageur Press. p. 124. ISBN 9781616731977.
  9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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