Leland is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Jefferson County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Washington
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* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
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** A ...
.
History
A post office called Leland was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1959. The community's name was phonetically derived from the first letters of each of the names of one Laura E. Andrews, an early settler.
References
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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