De Leon
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city in Comanche County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Comanche
- Total
- 2.24 sq mi (5.81 km )
- Land
- 2.24 sq mi (5.81 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,270 ft (390 m)
- Density
- 1,010/sq mi (389/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-19672
- Website
- www .cityofdeleon .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- De Leon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Comanche County
- Population
- 2258
- Area
- 5.805987
- Elevation
- 390
- Households
- 990
- Dialing code
- 254
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- postal code
- 76444
- P8168
- Bour
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 19438
- IPA transcription
- dɪ ˈliːɒn
- Commons category
- De Leon, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
De Leon (/dɪ ˈliːɒn/ dih LEE-on) is a city located in Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 2,258 in the 2020 census. It is commonly associated with being named after the Spanish explorer Ponce de León, but the town is actually named for its location on the Leon River (de León in Spanish), which flows directly north and east of the community, and drains into nearby Proctor Lake.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “De Leon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.