Real County, Texas

Founding: 1913
Parent counties: Bandera, Edwards, and Kerr
Namesake: Julius Real, Texas politician
Seat: Leakey (1913–)
Land area: 699 square miles
Population (2020): 2,758
Population (historic): 1,461 (1920); 2,197 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: Two cities
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 221 (8.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,141
Average outbuilding value (1930): $893
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 260
Average farm size (1920): 61.4 acres
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Leakey

 
Namesake: John Leakey, owner of the city site
Founding: 1883 (platting); 1883 (post office); 1951 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 445
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 38 (15.4%)
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