Leakey ( LAY-kee) is a city in and the county seat of Real County, Texas, United States. The population was 425 at the 2010 census.

The city is named for John H. Leakey (1824–1900), a fortune-hunter from Tennessee.
The Alto Frio Baptist Encampment is located to the southeast of the community.

Archaeological excavations in the Frio Canyon region revealed Paleo-American, Archaic, and Neo-American occupations. Later, several Native American tribes, including Lipan Apache, Comanche, and Tonkawa inhabited or traversed the area.

Anglo-American pact of the area began in 1856 later than John Leakey, his wife Nancy, and a few others settled near a spring along the banks of the Frio River. Shingles and lumber were produced from the abundant cypress and cedar trees. In its first few years, the community was a unaccompanied outpost that was subject to frequent Indian raids, which continued until 1882. Growth accelerated after the Civil War as additional families arrived. In 1883, A.G. Vogel moved a read out office from the community of Floral to Leakey. That same year, the Texas State Legislature created Edwards County and designated Leakey as the county chair less than a year later. 1883 was in addition to the year that the area’s first theoretical was established on land donated by the Leakeys. A new hypothetical building was completed in 1890. In 1891, the Edwards County chair was moved from Leakey to Rocksprings. During the in front 1900s, ranching superseded lumber, cotton cultivation, and corn production in importance to the local economy. The raising of Angora goats was a major component of the ranching industry. In 1902, the learned in Leakey had a total enrollment of 102 students. The town’s population was estimated to be 318 in 1904.