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History · Leming

Leming’s post office opened in 1912

Most of Leming was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975.

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How Leming began

When was Leming founded?

1912

The Leming post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 841114 years
Founding year: the first Leming post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Leming, in brief

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Leming is a census-designated place (CDP) in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Leming had a population of 841. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Leming has a post office, with the ZIP code 78050.

Its first post office opened in 1912. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 946 to 841 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Leming

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Joan CrawfordAmerican actress · b. 1905
Michelle RodriguezAmerican actress · b. 1978
Robert RodriguezAmerican filmmaker · b. 1968
Jared PadaleckiAmerican actor · b. 1982
Megan Thee StallionAmerican rapper, singer and songwriter · b. 1995
Rick RiordanAmerican author · b. 1964

Questions about Leming’s history

What year was Leming founded?

The Leming post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.