Buffalo, Texas
Buffalo is a small town in Leon County, situated along the Interstate 45 corridor about 59 miles northeast of College Station, in the wooded ranch-and-timber country of East Texas. It serves as a highway crossroads and market town for the surrounding rural county, where cattle ranching and timber are longstanding parts of the local economy.
Property here runs through the Leon Central Appraisal District and the county tax office — the homestead exemption, the appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level. The Leon County notes below cover the practical details, with the official county directory for the appraisal district and tax office.
Leon County notes
What to know around Buffalo
Property Tax
Two offices handle your property tax in Leon County
The appraisal district sets your property value; a separate tax office collects what you owe. They are different offices with different jobs.
Homestead Exemption
Filing a homestead exemption caps how fast your tax value can rise
If you live in your home and file a homestead exemption, your taxable value cannot go up more than 10 percent per year, no matter how fast the market moves.
Public Hunting Land
Keechi Creek WMA gives hunters access to 1,500 acres in Leon County
Keechi Creek Wildlife Management Area is a 1,500-acre public hunting area in northeastern Leon County that is open to hunters with the right state permits.
Water Wells
Leon County has a groundwater district that oversees water wells
Leon County wells run through the Mid-East Texas Groundwater Conservation District. Put the permit question near the front of any rural land plan.
County History
Leon County was formed in 1846 and Centerville has been county seat since 1851
Leon County was carved out of Robertson County in 1846, and Centerville replaced Leona as county seat in 1851 because the law required the seat to be near the county's geographic center.
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Freestone County
4 local notes · East Texas / Piney Woods
Limestone County
7 local notes · Austin / Central Texas / Hill Country
Madison County
5 local notes · East Texas / Piney Woods
Anderson County
19 local notes · East Texas / Piney Woods
Houston County
4 local notes · East Texas / Piney Woods
Robertson County
6 local notes · Austin / Central Texas / Hill Country
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