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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town was founded by settler Rich Coffey in 1861. Coffey's ran
a saloon and store / post office on the banks of the Colorado River,
but his enterprise was lost in a flood. A new community was formed
on the opposite side of the river and named Trigger. In the mid-1870s,
the townsite was on land belonging to rancher William H. Day. Day
used the Coffey house for headquarters for his ranch. After Day's
death, his wife Mabel married J. C. Lea and the town name was formed
from the two surnames.
Platted in 1904, no population figures are available from the early
years, but after WWII
it still had 100 people living there. The Leadey cemetery is still
shown on the TxDoT Coleman
County map.
Leaday was suggested for inclusion by Coleman Countian Rex Stephenson
who wrote in March of 2007 to say: "[Leaday] was a small town displaced
by Lake Ivie in the early 90's. The only thing left is the Baptist
Church which was moved to a hill overlooking the original town site.
I grew up there. By the way, some of us refer to the lake as Lake
Leaday." |
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