Leetonia Cemetery
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Leetonia Cemetery

Leetonia, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Leetonia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Coordinates: 41.59716, -77.49549
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Leetonia Cemetery is a small, rural cemetery near the historic town of Leetonia. Leetonia was established in 1879 by W. Creighton Lee who operated a tannery and sawmill, taking advantage of the streams and virgin hemlock trees used in tanning and lumber production. The residents established a school/church and the adjacent cemetery. After the installation of rail services in 1900 between Tiadahgton, Leetonia, and Slate Run, the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company converted Leetonia into a company town in 1903 and the school was relocated. They proceeded to clear cut all the available timber at an accelerated rate. By 1921, with resources depleted, the operation was abandoned and the residents sought work elsewhere. Burials are confined to this range of dates of industrial operations. Despite its isolation, some Leetonia residents died in the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918. During the Great Depression, Leetonia became surrounded by state forest and operated as a Conservation Corps Camp until the onset of World War II. Since then, Leetonia remained sparsely populated, mostly family camps and a few year round residents. The cemetery is deeded as the Leetonia Cemetery. There are burials without markers, mostly children, some documented in Tioga County death records and PA state death certificates. The cemetery receives volunteer maintenance only with no road access or parking. Graves are on a slope with no trail. Timber rattlesnake precautions are required when visiting especially around timber falls that occurred in the cemetery lands a few years ago.
Leetonia Cemetery is a small, rural cemetery near the historic town of Leetonia. Leetonia was established in 1879 by W. Creighton Lee who operated a tannery and sawmill, taking advantage of the streams and virgin hemlock trees used in tanning and lumber production. The residents established a school/church and the adjacent cemetery. After the installation of rail services in 1900 between Tiadahgton, Leetonia, and Slate Run, the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company converted Leetonia into a company town in 1903 and the school was relocated. They proceeded to clear cut all the available timber at an accelerated rate. By 1921, with resources depleted, the operation was abandoned and the residents sought work elsewhere. Burials are confined to this range of dates of industrial operations. Despite its isolation, some Leetonia residents died in the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918. During the Great Depression, Leetonia became surrounded by state forest and operated as a Conservation Corps Camp until the onset of World War II. Since then, Leetonia remained sparsely populated, mostly family camps and a few year round residents. The cemetery is deeded as the Leetonia Cemetery. There are burials without markers, mostly children, some documented in Tioga County death records and PA state death certificates. The cemetery receives volunteer maintenance only with no road access or parking. Graves are on a slope with no trail. Timber rattlesnake precautions are required when visiting especially around timber falls that occurred in the cemetery lands a few years ago.

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