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Leeds is a town in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 820 at the 2010 census.

Formerly known as Bennington, Leeds was formed due to flooding in the adjoining town of Harrisburg. The residents in the flood-affected areas fixed to upset to this Place in 1867. It was renamed in praise of Leeds in England, the pedigree of many of its settlers. In recent years, the city’s proximity to the ghost town of Silver Reef, the Pine Valley Mountains, and Zion National Park have misrepresented the local economic base from agriculture to tourism.

On June 17, 2009, Utah police and forest rangers destroyed more or less 8,750 marijuana flora and fauna growing in Washington County. Law enforcement reported Mexican cartels have moved their growing operations to Utah to avoid the U.S.-Mexico link up and police pressure in California. There were no arrests made and the marijuana fields were in the Pine Valley Mountains near Leeds. Doug Roe, a special agent past the United States Forest Service, said the nature were pubescent and not ready for harvesting.