Rayón is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.

[1] Spanish settlement in the area that became the municipality began in 1617 with the founding of a Franciscan mission by Fr.

[1] The mission was abandoned as the local Indians died out or fled to the mountains.

[2] On 8 October 1827 the town of Nuevo Gamotes was formally established.

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