February 2, 1916

Leachville (Mississippi County) was officially incorporated, although it had been founded in 1896. Leachville’s founding fathers were James Wiseman Honnoll, Joshua Gilbert Leach, and Sam McNamee of Holly Springs, Mississippi. Leach and Honnoll incorporated the Leach-McNamee Land Development Company on March 15, 1898. Honnoll named the town in honor of Leach. Leachville was once known as “The Cleanest Town on Buffalo Island, Where Agriculture and Industry Meet.”