Leon is a

ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...

in northern

San Diego County, California San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Cen ...

. A former gold mining town from the 1880s, it was named for the Leon Mine that lay on a hill to the northwest of the town. Leon became part of southwestern

Riverside County Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the Unit ...

in 1893. Leon had its own post office from May 4, 1888, until July 31, 1911, when its post office was moved to

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. The site of the former mining town is located south of

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in the Domenigoni Valley, on Scott Road just east of Leon Road. Leon, California, USGS Map Name: Winchester, CA Map Center

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Ghost towns in California Former settlements in Riverside County, California {{RiversideCountyCA-geo-stub

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