Welcome to Leon ...So far, we found very little information about Leon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Leon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Leon, please Contact Us. Leon would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Leon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Leon is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Leon was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Leon was located: 479 Communities Also Named Leon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Leon - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Colorado (2), Florida (2), Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Leon. Communities near Leon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Leon.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Leon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Leon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Leon. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Leon. See our Newspapers Page for Leon. Adding Leon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Leon in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Leon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Leon. Footnotes ...
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