Leo, Texas, Cooke County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

A Doctor Stamper is said to have named the community - after it's reputation for being a ferocious place. (Leo being a reference to Lion). The community was granted a post office in 1894 although the place had been settled before the Civil War.

But sadly, no roads crossed near Leo, making growth unlikely, bordering on impossible. Whatever transpired in Leo was kept to the Leonites and as late as 1990 the population was just 80 residents. If you thought having 80 people was a handicap toward prosperity, the 2000 census counted a mere 20 people.

Photographer's Note:
"Kind of out of the way. Nothing there but nearby bypassed bridge." -

Barclay Gibson, April 2015

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