Do you know of Leon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Leon. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Leon.
Our sources for Leon (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Leon other than they indicate that Leon would be found somewhere in Bexar County, Texas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1903 and closed in 1905.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Leon ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Leon.
Within Texas, the name Leon is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 28 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Crenshaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Leon [Crenshaw County].
- Arkansas
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Leon [Franklin County].
- California
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Leon [San Bernardino County].
- San Diego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Leon [San Diego County].
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Leon [Hillsborough County].
- Leon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Leon [Leon County].
- Idaho
- Nez Perce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Leon [Nez Perce County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Decatur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Leon [Decatur County].
- Kansas
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Leon [Butler County].
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Leon [Clay County].
- Morris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Leon [Morris County].
- Kentucky
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Leon [Carter County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Leon.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Leon [Anne Arundel County].
- New Mexico
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Leon [Cattaraugus County].
- North Carolina
- Duplin County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Leon [Duplin County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Love County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Leon [Love County].
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Leon [Madison County].
- Washington
- Whitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Leon [Whitman County].
- West Virginia
- Mason County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Leon [Mason County].
- Wisconsin
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Leon [Monroe County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Leon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Leon:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Leon - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Bexar County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Bexar County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Leon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |