Leesville is a city in and the parish seat of Vernon Parish

Vernon Parish, Louisiana

Vernon Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Leesville and as of 2000, the population was 52,531....

, Louisiana

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. The population was 6,753 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Fort Polk South

Fort Polk South, Louisiana

Fort Polk South is a census-designated place in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 11,000 at the 2000 census.Fort Polk South is the larger principal city of the Fort Polk South-DeRidder CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Fort Polk South and DeRidder ...

 Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city

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 is home to the Fort Polk

Fort Polk

Fort Polk is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, approximately 7 miles east of Leesville, Louisiana and 20 miles north of DeRidder, Louisiana....

 U.S. Army installation. The populations of Fort Polk and Leesville, if combined, would result in a city with a population of more than 20,000.
Leesville is located at 31°8′37"N 93°16′16"W (31.143553, -93.271196) and has an elevation of 254 feet (77.4 m).

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 5.49 square miles (14.2 km²), of which, 5.45 square miles (14.1 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²) of it (0.55%) is water.

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