Leon
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 33.641, -117.114
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: 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.
History
Leon is a ghost town in northern San Diego County, California. 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 in 1893. Leon had its own post office from May 4, 1888, until July 31, 1911, when its post office was moved to Perris, California.