Leaday

Ghost town · Coleman County, Texas

Voss quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Leaday is a ghost town in Coleman County, Texas. It is the only former community in Coleman County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Leaday as a historical populated place on the O.H. Ivie Reservoir topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 31.5679° N, 99.6731° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	O.H. Ivie Reservoir
Elevation	1,522 ft
Nearest living town	Valera, TX
Distance to it	14.8 miles
GNIS feature ID	1380069
Coordinates	31.56793, -99.67313

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What's there now

Leaday is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Valera, TX (population 70), about 14.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,522 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Doole
ghost town · McCulloch County · 12.7 mi
Pear Valley
ghost town · McCulloch County · 20.7 mi
Calf Creek
ghost town · McCulloch County · 42.5 mi
Ricker
ghost town · Brown County · 45.3 mi
Ben Ficklin
ghost town · Tom Green County · 46.7 mi
Hext
ghost town · Menard County · 49.1 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.