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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.

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