Leggett is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Polk County Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk: * Polk County, Arkansas * Polk County, Florida * Polk County, Georgia * Polk County, Iowa * Polk Count ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

. It is located at the junction of U.S. Highway 59 (future Interstate 69) and

Farm to Market Road 942 A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used ...

. As of 2000, the community had approximately 500 residents. The

Leggett Independent School District Leggett Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Leggett, Texas (USA). In addition to the community of Leggett, Leggett ISD also serves some of the town of Seven Oaks. The district has two campuses - Le ...

serves area students.

History

In 1919 Leggett, described as a

sundown town Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminator ...

, a white council set a curfew for blacks, banned black fraternal and church meetings, and forbade African Americans from visiting the railroad station or the post office.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, Leggett has a humid subtropical climate (''Cfa'' on climate maps).Climate Summary for Leggett, Texas
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References

Unincorporated communities in Polk County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas Sundown towns in Texas {{PolkCountyTX-geo-stub