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LEMING, TEXAS

Atascosa County, South Texas

29°4'6"N 98°28'20"W (29.068341, -98.472227)

US Hwy 281 and FM 1470
12 Miles NE of Jourdanton the county seat
18 Miles S of San Antonio
ZIP code 78050
Population: 1025 Est. (2019)
946 (2010) 268 (2000) 250 (1990)

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Leming Texas Hwy 281 sign and wildflowers
Entering Leming from the north
on US HWY 281

Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2007

History in a Pecan Shell

Leming was named after one P.B. Leming when the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad arrived here in 1902.

1913 was a big year for the town. A school opened and the First Baptist Church was organized. The following year the population was 150 and the townspeople built a brick school. The population declined and finally settled in at about 100 residents during the 30s. It increased to 250 in the last years of that decade and remained there for the next 50 years. It has added a few more people in recent years, bringing it up to 268.

(For many years the communities of Las Gallinas and Leming have been erroneously considered as one.
See A Town is Born – Again:
Las Gallinas emerges from the Shadow of Leming
)

Leming Baptist Church Texas
Leming Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2007


Leming Elementary School  Texas
Leming Elementary School
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2007


Union Pacific Train passing south through Leming. Texas
Train passing south through Leming.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2007

See
  • Las Gallinas, Texas
  • A Town is Born – Again: Las Gallinas emerges from the Shadow of Leming


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    Leming, Texas Nearby Towns:
    Jourdanton the county seat
    San Antonio
    Pleasanton
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