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More historic than 88% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Leon United Methodist Church and the Leon Grange No. 795. Its Register listings are the Leon United Methodist Church and the Leon Grange No. 795. Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 1840.
Leon dates its founding to 1832 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1840.
More historic than 88% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Leon is more historic than 88% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
New York towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New York town has 12.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Leon’s 13.7 sits near the middle of its state (51% of New York towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leon’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Leon. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Leon.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereWilbur F. Sanders is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
BuiltLeon Grange No. 795 is builtFrom Wikipedia’s history of Leon.
The area that would become the town was first settled c. 1819. The town of Leon was founded in 1832 from a part of the town of Conewango. The Leon Grange No. 795 and Leon United Methodist Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Leon's post office, ZIP Code 14751, opened June 20, 1837. It closed on July 24, 2010.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Leon, cut from the printed page as they were published.
where he worked on a farm. In the spring of J 854 he returned to South Dayton, finding employment with Isaac PhilHps of Villenova. From 1855 to 1859 he worked in Persia and Otto, removing in the spring of 1859 to the town of Leon, where he purchased a farm of 80 acres. In 1860 he leased his farm; returned to Otto and worked in a sawmill and for Oliver Dake. In 1863 181
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King Alfonso and Queen Elvira presided in person. Of the fifty-eight ordinances and resolutions, thirty-one embodied the municipal constitutioi] of the town of Leon — the first town in Spain to receive a charter. Indeed, it was probably the first town in mediaeval Europe to obtain the privilege of self-government.
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Wesley. He was educated at Houghton Seminary, Allegany County, after which he began teaching and has had experience in teaching from the district school to the high school. He taught his first term of school on Wells hill, in the town of Leon in 1880-1881, after which he spent a considerable time in attending school. Following this he taught at Wesley and Perrysburg, he was principal of Dayton Union School from 1889 to 1892. In September, 266
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The Cathedral of Leon marks the second period of the city's history and of the architecture of nortliern Spain. San Isidoro stands for the infant monarchy, with its Byzantine traditions handed down from the Visigothic kings ; the cathedral, for the strong, ever-expanding realm of Leon and Castile, in close touch and sympathy with the great Catholic
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 720 and 1,399 people in every census since 1840.
19 censuses, 1840–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Leon’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Leon’s post office has been open since 1833.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1832, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Leon’s post office opened in 1833, and the census of 1840 counted 1,326 people here.
Leon is more historic than 88% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Two places: the Leon United Methodist Church (listed 2000) and the Leon Grange No. 795 (2014).
41% of Leon’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±14.1 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1980.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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