Leesport, Pennsylvania

Leesport is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Leesport is named for Samuel Lee, who in 1840, laid out building lots.

Leesport Lock House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[12] Pennsylvania Route 61 runs northwest-southeast through Leesport on Centre Avenue, heading south to Reading and north to Hamburg and Pottsville.

Pennsylvania Route 73 begins at PA 61 south of Leesport and heads southeast to Blandon and eventually Philadelphia.

Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) provides bus service to Leesport along Route 20, which follows PA 61 on its route between Hamburg to the north and the BARTA Transportation Center in Reading to the south.

[14] Emergency services are provided by the Northern Berks Regional Police Department, Union Fire Company of Leesport, and Schuylkill Valley EMS all of which are dispatched by the Berks County Communications Center.

PA 61 southbound in Leesport
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad heritage steam train in Leesport