Leavittsburg

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proper noun

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

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Meanings

Origin

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.

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Leavittsburg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leavittsburg

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