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Welcome to Leaday ...

Leaday is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Leaday is located in Coleman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Leaday, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Leaday is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Leaday lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Leaday: 325

Communities near Leaday ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leaday.

  • Paint Rock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Voss
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gouldbusk
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Doole ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Doole is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doole
  • Millersview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Talpa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Valera
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Waldrip
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Waldrip is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrip
  • Rockwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Salt Gap ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Salt Gap is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Gap

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Leaday. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leaday.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leaday. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leaday.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leaday. See our Newspapers Page for Leaday.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leaday ...

Looking for more information about Leaday? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Leaday, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Leaday.

Adding Leaday to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Leaday in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Leaday was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Leaday.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Coleman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Leaday - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.