A Methodist church was erected in 1886. In 1884 Leakey became the county seat of Edwards County. The previous county seat was Bullhead, which later became Vance and is now in western Real County. Leakey remained county seat until 1891, when the government was moved to Rocksprings. When Real County was organized in 1913, Leakey was elected the county seat, although the town was not incorporated until June 11, 1951.
Western Carolina Catamounts. The Western Carolina Catamounts are the athletic teams of Western Carolina University. The Catamounts compete in the NCAA Division I Southern Conference. Western fields sixteen varsity sports teams. The Catamount football team competes in Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
The South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina in the sport of American football. The Gamecocks compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference.he Gamecocks also defeated #6 Clemson for the fifth year in a row, a school record, by a score of 31-17. Spurrier also led the Gamecocks to a Capital One Bowl victory over Wisconsin 34-24. South Carolina finished with the highest ranking in school history in the AP poll, ranked at #4 in the country.