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Welcome to Legion ...

Legion is located in Hill Country.

Legion is located in Kerr County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Legion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Legion is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Legion lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Legion: 830

Communities near Legion ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Legion.

  • Ingram
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Center Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Camp Verde
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Comfort
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hunt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
  • Tivydale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
  • Medina
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Home
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Bankersmith
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith

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 Legion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Legion.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Legion. 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 Legion.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Legion. See our Newspapers Page for Legion.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Legion ...

Looking for more information about Legion? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Legion, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Legion.

Adding Legion to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Legion in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Legion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Legion post office opened in 1922. The Legion post office closed in 1949.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Legion.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Kerr, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Legion - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/