[2] Besides the oldest church in American Samoa, Leone is home to a post office, high school, Pritchard's Bakery, and Kruse Supermarket.

Oral history shared through generations of ancestry recorded that Leone did not experience starvation nor the lack of food during this famine.

[18][19][20] The Leone Quarry, recognized on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, is among the earliest excavation sites on Tutuila Island, with evidence of occupation dating back to around 200 CE.

[21] In 1980, Jeffrey Clark discovered a potsherd on Malaloto Ridge in Leone, marking the earliest documented prehistoric ceramic uncovered in American Sāmoa.

[22] The Tataga-Matau Fortified Quarry Complex, located on a series of ridges inland from Leone, has been the focus of an extensive multi-year research project.

[23] On October 18, 1832, when missionary John Williams returned to the Samoan Islands, he dropped anchor in Leone Bay, but did not want to go directly ashore as he feared it was A'asu, site of the massacre of French sailors.

[24][25] The chief explained that a group of Tahitians who had landed at Sapapaliʻi — under the guidance of an Englishman called Viliamu — had already introduced the Christian faith to the local people.

[27] Later, Leone's Chief Amoamo served as the missionaries’ interpreter and played the most influential role in introducing the Christian faith to Tutuila Island.

He wrote: “I noticed in the men, a fondness & care displayed towards their children,” and went on to write: “While on the beach many huge fellows had infants & babbling youngsters in their arms.” He later questioned whether “these people have more claim to be good than we.”[32][33][34] Reynolds promised Chief Tuetila that he would clothe “him as a Papalangi” (white person) if he would show up to their ship on their return.

Contemplating a future in Leone, he considered becoming a trader, noting that “the natives were all Christians in this place,” at least nominally, as mission work had begun four years prior.

Jackson recounts that he found a woman he wished to marry, but when he asked the missionary to perform the ceremony, his request was denied on the grounds that he would likely not remain and might abandon his wife.

[41] On October 8, 1873, U.S. consul Albert Barnes Steinberger arrived in Leone and discovered that High Chiefs Tuitele and Sātele had approved a message from the Taimua — a seven-chief council in Western Sāmoa — addressed to the President of the United States.

[42] In 1877, Leone played a central role in the Tutuila War, a conflict driven by deep divisions among Samoans over their government's future.

Finding Aunu’u unable to support their forces, the Puletua returned to Tutuila and established a defensive position on the north coast.

[45][46] On June 18, 1888, Elder Joseph Henry Dean founded the first branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Leone.

[50] On April 17, 1900, four of Leone's traditional chiefs (PCs Tuitele Penikila and Faiivae Pauga Leta, and HTCs Olo Malaki and Le´oso Fiavivini (Tama Matua)[51]), signed the Deed of Cession.

[53] The all-girl secondary school was constructed by the London Missionary Society (LMS) on the edge of Afao, in Atauloma, which was completed by the year 1900.

The ship's owners, Grevhsmuhl and Company of Apia, protested this newfound enforcement — seeing it as an imposition on what had been a free port—and appealed to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy for repayment.

In July 1920, Samuel Sailele Ripley returned to Leone from California for the first time since 1904 with plans to establish a copra plantation on his family's land.

Samuel Ripley was actively involved with the Mau movement from July until November 1920, when Governor Waldo A. Evans deported him and his wife.

At the center of this thriving tradition was a group of women siapo makers who not only supplied local demand but also produced vibrant, multi-colored pieces for export.

Pritchard learned the art of siapo from the Leone women and became their link to broader markets, exporting products to traders in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

[64] The Bingham Commission's hearings resulted in two major reforms: A Bill of Rights was created, and separation was established between the positions of Judge and Secretary of Native Affairs.

Several prominent guests attended, including Congresswoman Amata Coleman Radewagen, while a TV crew from KVZK-TV documented the service.

[2] It is situated on the southwestern tip of Tutuila Island and is recognized as Fofō County due to its earlier connection to Samoan legends and historical events.

The soil is excellent for planting and growing yams of all kinds, bananas, talo, papayas, coconut trees for copra products, vegetables, and many other crops that are sold in grocery stores and at the Fagatogo Market.

The coastline of Fagatele, an area in Leone, is made up of lava rocks, which were historically utilized to shape and grind stone tools.

The grant will be used by the American Samoa Department of Commerce in order to restore 18.3 acres (7.4 ha) of coastal wetland habitat in Leone.

Under the guidance of Kolone Faiʻvae Leoso, a novel freehand-painted siapo style took shape, employing vibrant colors and frequently circular patterns.

Many designs drew inspiration from the stained glass windows of the Leone Congregational Christian Church, while motifs were often named for the leaves of pandanus and breadfruit.