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In Comanche County, De Leon is located southeast of Abilene south of I-10 from Eastland, at Hwys 6/16 at the head of Proctor Lake, on Leon River.An annual Peach and Melon Festival is held in De Leon the first week of August. The celebration started in 1914 and features a De Leon High School reunion, free melon slicing, and the crowning of a festival queen. The event was attended by 32,000 people in 1983. In 1990 the town had two peanut mills, a feed processing plant, and a pump manufacturing facility with a worldwide market. The population was 2,190.
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