Leeds was founded in 1877, it has a population of 12,324 as of the 2020 census and is located in the eastern suburb of Birmingham. Upon its creation, it housed the workers and families of a cement manufacturing plant.
Are we sufficiently confused? Well, hold off on the comments just yet because we're not talking about our Leeds, we're talking about its twin, located in Birmingham, Alabama.
We know Leeds to be the largest city in West Yorkshire, with a population of around half a million people, it's east of Bradford and began life as a small manorial borough in the 13th century. So how different is Leeds in the US compared to Leeds in the UK?