Leon is a town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had 74 residents. The town is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county. It is now unclear why the town chose the name Leon, although towns in Iowa and Kansas were named for David Camden de Leon, the "Fighting Doctor" of the Mexic…Leon is a town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had 74 residents. The town is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county. It is now unclear why the town chose the name Leon, although towns in Iowa and Kansas were named for David Camden de Leon, the "Fighting Doctor" of the Mexican–American War and another town in New York was named for the former Kingdom of Leon in Spain.
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