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LEON
VALLEY, TEXASBexar
County, South Texas
Loop 410 and Highway 16
10 Miles NW of downtown San Antonio
Population:
9,239 (2000) |
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) water towers. |
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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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