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LEON
VALLEY, TEXAS
Bexar County, South
Texas
Loop 410 and Highway 16
10 Miles NW of downtown San
Antonio
Population:
9,239 (2000)
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History
on a Pinhead
Leon Valley developed after WWII
and incorporated as a town in the 1950s. It reported only 536 residents
for the 1960 Census which has since grown to the present 9,239 (2000).
The city, which at first glance appears to have more businesses than
homes, deserves recognition for the care given to their (several)
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Leon
Valley water tower
TE photo, August 2006 |
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Leon Valley,
Texas Forum
Dear Texas Escapes,
I attended Leon Valley Elementary School in the early 1950's and remember
when the village was composed of only a few stores, a school and a
blinking traffic light. The original school was a three or four room
wooden structure with open hallways running through the building.
Other buildings had been added by the time I was enrolled. There was
a large arbor with a roof of dried palm branches in the center of
the campus that was a favorite place for students to hang out. The
nearby stores had stone facades. The only business I clearly remember
was on the corner across from the school and operated as a variety
store. - William
Thomas Deneke, Decatur, Georgia, March 04, 2007
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