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Leeds, Alabama
Leeds, Alabama | |
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| Nickname: City of Valor | |
 Location of Leeds in Jefferson County and Shelby County and St. Clair County, Alabama. | |
| Coordinates: 33°32′44″N 86°33′27″W / 33.54556°N 86.55750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| Counties | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | David Miller |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.99 sq mi (59.55 km2) |
| • Land | 22.76 sq mi (58.95 km2) |
| • Water | 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) |
| Elevation | 673 ft (205 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 12,324 |
| • Density | 541.48/sq mi (209.07/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 35094 |
| Area code(s) | 205 & 659 |
| FIPS code | 01-41968 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404905[2] |
| Website | leedsalabama |
Leeds is a tricounty municipality located in Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is an eastern suburb of Birmingham. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,324.[3]
Leeds was founded in 1877, during the final years of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. It housed the workers and their families of Lehigh, a Portland cement manufacturing plant.
Named, "The City of Valor"[4] due to three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, from World War II and the Korean War, who called Leeds home: Alford McLaughlin, William Lawley and Henry "Red" Erwin. A wall in the Leeds Historical Society's Jonathan Bass House Museum is dedicated to the city's three Medal of Honor winners.[4] In spring 2023, Chip Wise, the Leeds High School Band Director, composed an original piece titled, “City of Valor” meant to honor the three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.[5] In October 2023, the Pearl Harbor National Memorial invited Wise and his marching band to perform the piece at Pearl Harbor on March 26, 2024.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leeds, Alabama
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Leeds city, Alabama". Census.gov. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ a b Davis, Carla (November 10, 2017). "Three nationally acclaimed heroes put Leeds in a league of its own". Alabama News Center. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "Leeds High School Band to perform at Pearl Harbor in 2024 | Bham Now". bhamnow.com. November 3, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
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