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De Leon ( dih LEE-on) is a city located in Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 2,246 in the 2022 census. It is commonly allied with subconscious named after the Spanish voyager Ponce de León, but the town is actually named for its location upon the Leon River (de León in Spanish), which flows directly north and east of the community, and drains into available Proctor Lake.

The town was laid out in April 1881 by surveying crews of the Texas Central Railway as share of the historic Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (KATY) as it build up a parentage from Ross just north of the Waco area, to Stamford, with the ultimate intend of extending the lineage to Colorado. The first city lots were auctioned upon July 7, 1881, by Robert Morris Elgin, the Texas Central’s estate agent and for whom the town of Elgin had been named.

Initially incorporated by an election held on August 30, 1890, the town running appears to have dwindled higher than the years, and the community was reincorporated in an election held August 29, 1899. The first mayor elected under the new combination was former Comanche County Judge John Lambert, who took office in April 1900.