Leavittsburg

English

Etymology

From Leavitt +‎ -s- +‎ -burg. Named for the Leavitt family of Suffield, Connecticut, a prominent early mercantile New England family originally from Hingham, Massachusetts. Thaddeus Leavitt was one of the eight original purchasers of the Western Reserve lands from the state of Connecticut.

Proper noun

Leavittsburg

  1. A census-designated place in Trumbull County, Ohio, USA.

Further reading

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