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).
CIAA championship football game being moved; basketball tourneys staying in Charlotte. The CIAA has decided to move eight of its 10 conference championships scheduled to be played in North Carolina as the fallout from the HB2 law rolls on. The biggest move will be the Nov. 12 CIAA championship football game that was supposed to be held at Durham County Stadium in Durham. The league didnât say where the game will move to, but the likely choice is the campus stadium at Virginia State that can seat just over 7,000.