Comanche

Formed January 1, 1856 (104^th county)

Comanche County (13,590), Comanche (4,206)                

The Art Deco looks are in the 1939 limestone courthouse in downtown Comanche.  On the square at the intersection of United States Highways 377/67 and Texas State Highway 16, Wyatt C. Hedrick designed this courthouse.  Cora was the first county seat until 1859 was Comanche became the seat.  The county has had four courthouses since its founding on January 1, 1856.  The town of Cora had the original courthouse but it was physically moved to Comanche where the other three courthouses had been situated.  The county was carved from parts of Bosque and Coryell counties as the 104^th county.  Comanche County and city are named for the Native American tribe. 

Comanche County government consists of a sheriff, a County Judge, and 4 Commissioners.  One District Court Judge serves Comanche, Bosque, and Hamilton counties and One County Court Judge serves Comanche County.  The county is located in the center of the state east of Abilene, Texas.  The county center is 7.6 miles North-Northeast of Comanche.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Erath, Hamilton, Mills, Brown, and Eastland counties. 

The area of the county is 938 square miles.  It is 91 out of 254 in the state.  It ranks 146 out of 254 in population in the state.  It has a density of 14.5 persons per square mile making it 151 out of 254 in the state.  Comanche County has 50.5% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highways 67/377 cross together from the northeast, Erath County, to the southwest, Brown County.  A diamond shaped county is the norm in this part of the state.  The city of Comanche is south and west of the county center.  Comanche is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 31.0% of the county population.