Leetown, Virginia
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Leetown is an unincorporated town in northern Frederick County
, Virginia
, USA. Leetown is located on Old Charles Town Road (VA 761) at its intersection with Gun Club Road (VA 666) to the west of Opequon Creek
. According to the Geographic Names Information System
, Leetown has also been known throughout its history as Opequon Hill.
Frederick County, Virginia
Frederick County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is included in the Winchester, Virginia-West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was formed in 1743 by the splitting of Orange County. For ten years it was the home of George Washington. As of 2010, the population was...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, USA. Leetown is located on Old Charles Town Road (VA 761) at its intersection with Gun Club Road (VA 666) to the west of Opequon Creek
Opequon Creek
Opequon Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River. It flows into the Potomac northeast of Martinsburg in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and its source lies northwest of the community of Opequon at the foot of Great North Mountain in Frederick County, Virginia...
. According to the Geographic Names Information System
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer...
, Leetown has also been known throughout its history as Opequon Hill.