Comanche, TX, United States
Comanche County. First settled in 1854 by five families, the county, created and organized 1856, was named for Comanche Indians, lords of Texas frontier, who were losing hunting grounds to settlers. First county seat was Cora. Comanche has been county seat since July 18, 1859. Indians harassed settl
ers, stealing cattle and horses, and keeping farmers out of fields. Food from neighboring Bell County kept people here from starvation in 1862. By 1879 a stage line crossed county; the Texas Central R
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