Leavittsburg is named for the Leavitt family of Suffield, Connecticut, a prominent early mercantile New England family who were one of the purchasers of the Western Reserve lands from the state of Connecticut.
Leavittsburg is named for the Leavitt family of Suffield, Connecticut, a prominent early mercantile New England family. Thaddeus Leavitt Esq. was one of the eight original purchasers of the Western Reserve lands from the state of Connecticut.