General Treviño is a municipality of Mexico. It originated from a ranch named “El Puntiagudo” that was given to Don Juan Baptista Chapa on 14 January 1688. Don Francisco Chapa made the foundation in 1705. Its erection in the villa was verified the 9th of December 1868, being Governor of the State again Leon, General Jerónimo Treviño; it belonged to the villas founded during the 19th century.