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History in a Pecan
Shell
A
post office was in operation in Leona in 1846. The Texas legislature directed
Leon County to come up with a centrally-located site for a county seat in the
late 1840s. They chose Leona but the state disagreed with the choice. It eventually
reached the Supreme Court of Texas in October 1850 when it was decided that Centerville
offered a better location for all Leon Countians.
The estimated population
for the town was 150 residents from the mid 1840s through the mid 1890s. In 1933
the estimated population was set at 200 residents. The next figures available
were from the 1980 census when a mere 91 people were counted. It increased to
165 by 1982 and the 1990 census figures of 178 increased just 3 people for the
2000 census. |
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