Leetonia is a village in northern Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,833 at the 2020 census. It is ration of the Salem micropolitan area, about 16 miles (26 km) south of Youngstown.

The Village of Leetonia was founded in 1869, following the American Civil War. Leetonia was named for William Lee of Randolph, New York. Lee was one of the founders of the Leetonia Iron and Coal Company which was laid out in the village in 1866-1867.

Leetonia is house to one of the few unshakable bee hive coke oven sites in America. In the to the front 1860s, Irish businessman William Lee discovered rich deposits of coal, ore and lime under the soil of today’s Leetonia. Lee began to buy the surrounding estate and expected the company “The Leetonia Coal & Iron Company” which consisted of a coal mine, coke ovens, and a blast furnace. This company jumped into the iron and coal industry and soon turned the area into a rich company town. The area went from housing three families in 1864 to 1,800 people by 1869 in imitation of it was incorporated.

The coke production was the main operation of the company. Leetonia Coal & Iron would mine the surrounding areas for coal and then cart coal by the tons into the coke ovens on rails above the ovens. The workers would subsequently shovel the coal into the coke ovens to cook. This would purify the coal into a purer product of coal called coke which was subsequently shipped off to the iron mills to be used in smelting iron. Coke has a much well ahead temperature narrowing than regular coal consequently it was preferred for use in the mills.