Leigh is a village in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census.HistoryLeigh was founded in the 1870s. Leigh was the maiden name of the first postmaster's wife. A post office was established at Leigh in 1875.GeographyLeigh is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.61sqmi, of which, 0.60sqmi of it is land and 0.01sqmi is water.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 405 people, 193 households, and 112 families residing in the village. The population density was 675.0PD/sqmi. There were 216 housing units at an average density of 360.0/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 97.0% White, 2.7% from other races, and 0.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.2% of the population.There were 193 households of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.0% were non-families. 37.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.71.