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History · Leona

Leona’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Leona. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Leona is a town in Leon County, Texas, United States. The population was 151 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 175 to 151 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1990.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Leona yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Leona, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Leona is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Leona has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Leon County Courthouse and Jails in Centerville, 7.2 miles away.

Leona and the nearest listed places

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Leon County Courthouse and JailsShapira Hotel

Closest to Leona

Leon County Courthouse and JailsCenterville · Building7.2miShapira HotelMadisonville · Queen Anne13.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Leon County Courthouse and Jails’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Leona?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Leona’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Centerville📜 Normangee📜 Madisonville📜 Midway
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