| Leeds Point, New Jersey | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Atlantic County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Leeds Point |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Atlantic County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Atlantic |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Galloway |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.63 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.63 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.24 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.24 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 205 |
| Population Density Km2: | 326.83 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 847.11 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | Eastern (EDT) |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 49 |
| Coordinates: | 39.4919°N -74.4292°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 08220[3] |
| Area Code: | 609/640 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | [4] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 877726 |
Leeds Point (also known as Leeds) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] located within Galloway Township, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[6] It is situated on the end of a promontory raised about 30-50 ft above the salt marsh on the south side of Great Bay.[7] Leeds Point is 5.7miles northeast of Absecon. Leeds Point has a post office with ZIP Code 08220, which opened on December 18, 1827.[3] [8] The town is named after the Leeds family, whose first American member, Daniel Leeds, Surveyor General of West Jersey around the beginning of the 18th century, after immigrating to New Jersey from the city of Leeds in England, claimed the land which now makes up Leeds Point; some of his descendants lived in Leeds Point from then on. (His descendants also include his son Daniel Leeds and grandson Titan Leeds, who in Philadelphia published one of America's first almanacs.)[9]
The Jersey Devil was born in Leeds Point, according to one legend about the cryptid. The legend claims that in 1735, the thirteenth child of a woman called Mrs. Leeds from the community was transformed into a demon shortly after birth due to her cursing that it would be the devil.[10]
As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 205.[2]