Lees Station (also Lee, Lees, or Let) is an

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in Bledsoe County,

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, United States. It lies along

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southwest of the city of Pikeville, the

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of Bledsoe County.Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '08.''

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, 2008, p. 95. Its elevation is 853 feet (260 m), and it is at (35.5574281, -85.2507964). The various forms of its names led the

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officially to designate it Lees in 1916. In 1969, the official name was changed to Lees Station.

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Unincorporated communities in Bledsoe County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{BledsoeCountyTN-geo-stub