Hah! Found it! I knew there was some more specific reference to Legolas' age somewhere. When looking at the mounds of kings in Rohan, he calls 500 years "but a little while". So he must be considerably older than that. I'd guess he was born sometime at the end of the second or beginning of the third age. His father Thranduil fought in the battle of the Last Alliance alongside his own father...
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