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De Leon (/ d ɪ ˈ l iː ɒ n / 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. [4] 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 ...
Bird's Eye View of Victoria, Texas De León's Colony was established in 1824 in the northern Coahuila y Tejas state of the First Mexican Republic , by empresario Martín De León . It was the only ethnically Mexican colony founded during the Mexican period (1824-1835) that is located within the present-day U.S. state of Texas .
Rural Leon High School is located off U.S. Highway 79. Leon County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas . As of the 2020 census , its population was 15,719. [ 1 ]
DeLeon or De Leon may refer to: DeLeon (surname) Deleon Richards (b. 1976), US female gospel singer; DeLeon (band) 17934 Deleon, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1999; DeLeon Springs, Florida, a census-designated place in the US state of Florida; De Leon, Texas, a city in the US state of Texas; DeLeón Tequila
Escobar I, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas; Espanola, Florida, an unincorporated community in Flagler County, Florida (Spanish Woman) Espanola, Washington, an unincorporated community, in Spokane County in the state of Washington. Eugenio Saenz, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas
When Antonio López de Santa Anna revoked the 1824 Constitution of Mexico and installed his own political machine in 1833, many Tejanos were opposed to the regime. When Stephen F. Austin issued an 1835 appeal for arms to equip the Texans in the war against Santa Anna, [5] Fernando De León, his brother-in-law José María Jesús Carbajal and Peter Kerr, [6] began to run livestock to New ...
Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1519 until 1821. Spain claimed ownership of the region in 1519. Slave raids by Spaniards into what became Texas began in the 16th century and created an atmosphere of antagonism with Native Americans (Indians) which would cause endless difficulties for the Spanish in the future.
De Leon Independent School District is a public school district based in De Leon, Texas (United States). Located in Comanche County, small portions of the district extend into Erath and Eastland counties. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [3]