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About Real County
Real County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,758. The county seat is Leakey. The county is named for Julius Real (1860–1944), a former member of the Texas State Senate. The Alto Frio Baptist Encampment is located in an isolated area of Real County southeast of Leakey.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Real County at a glance
- County seat
- Leakey
- Population
- 2,758 (2020)
- Land area
- 700 sq mi
- Founded
- 1913
Communities
Largest communities in Real County
- Camp Wood517
- Leakey county seat315
History of Real County
1762–1771: Looking for protection from Comanches, Lipan Apache chief El Gran Cabezón persuades Franciscans and the Spanish military to establish San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz Mission on the Nueces River. The mission was abandoned in 1771 1856: John and Nancy Leakey settle in Frio Canyon. 1857: The original Camp Wood is established on the Nueces River near the site of the former San Lorenzo mission. 1864: Lipan Apaches attack the family of George Schwander in the abandoned ruins of the San Lorenzo mission. 1868: Theophilus Watkins, F. Smith and Newman Patterson construct a gravity flow irrigation canal from the Frio River that operates for a century. 1879: Indians attack and kill Jennie Coalson, wife of Nic Coalson, and two children at Half Moon Prairie. 1881: Lipan Apaches strike the McLauren home at Buzzard's Roost in the Frio Canyon. Last Indian raid in southwest Texas.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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