De Leon, TX

united states

De Leon lies 80 miles southwest of Fort Worth along US Highway 6, which connects to Interstate 20 near Dublin. This Comanche County town of 2,500 sits in the Cross Timbers region where oak forests meet prairie. The main route from DFW takes I-20 west to Highway 6 north. De Leon claims fame as the birthplace of Dairy Queen, where soft-serve ice cream was first served in 1940.