Comanche County, Texas
[5] in Comanche County on lands earlier granted by Mexico to Stephen F. Austin and Samuel May Williams.[11] In 1874, John Wesley Hardin and his gang celebrated his 21st birthday in Brown and Comanche counties.[12] He was arrested in 1877 by Texas Rangers and a local authority on a train in Pensacola, Florida, while traveling under the alias James W.[13] He was tried in Comanche for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb, and sentenced to 25 years in Huntsville Prison.[14] Known for its fertile soil, Comanche County was a hotbed of political populism in the latter years of the 19th century."[16][17] Notices have been posted in various towns of Comanche County, Texas, warning all "niggers" to leave under penalty of death, and it is fairly declared by the whites that no colored people will be allowed to live in that section.[18]In my days over the public well in the little railroad station [of De Leon, Texas], 16 miles from Comanche, there was a villainously painted sign, which read as follows: "Niggers![24] From 1968 to 1974, Comanche County native Jim Reese served as the mayor of Odessa, Texas.During the 1970s, the oil industrialist Bill Noël of Odessa purchased orchards in Comanche County.Local media outlets include KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, and KFWD-TV.
CountyNamed forComanche tribeComancheTime zoneUTC−6CentralUTC−5Edwards PlateauCentral Texas2020 censuscounty seatStephen F. AustinSamuel May WilliamsCoryellBosqueBell CountyRobert T. HillJohn Wesley HardinTexas RangersPensacola, FloridaHuntsville PrisonpopulismDe Leon, Texassundown townboll weevilProctor LakeOdessa, TexasDemocratGeorge H. MahonRepublicanprimaryGeorge W. BushBill NoëlU.S. Census Bureaugeographic centerErath CountyHamilton CountyMills CountyBrown CountyEastland CountyBlack or African AmericanNative AmericanAlaska NativePacific IslanderOther RaceMixed race or MultiracialHispanic or Latinoracial makeupHispanicsLatinosU.S. Highway 67U.S. Highway 377State Highway 16State Highway 36DallasFort WorthKDFW-TVKXAS-TVWFAA-TVKTVT-TVKERA-TVKTXA-TVKDFI-TVKDAF-TVKFWD-TVKCEN-TVKWTX-TVKAKW-DTTempleKilleenKTXS-TVKTAB-TVKRBC-TVAbileneSweetwaterBrownwoodDe LeonGustineLamkinProctorBeattieDowningDusterEnergyHazel DellNewburgRuckerSidneySipe SpringsVandykeWilsonDemocraticThird party(ies)Blanket Independent School DistrictComanche Independent School DistrictDe Leon Independent School DistrictDublin Independent School DistrictGorman Independent School DistrictGustine Independent School DistrictHamilton Independent School DistrictHico Independent School DistrictLingleville Independent School DistrictMay Independent School DistrictMullin Independent School DistrictPriddy Independent School DistrictRising Star Independent School DistrictSidney Independent School DistrictZephyr Independent School DistrictRanger CollegeList of sundown towns in the United StatesNational Register of Historic Places listings in Comanche County, TexasUnited States Census BureauUniversity of Texas of the Permian BasinWest Texas Historical AssociationThe Courier-Journalnewspapers.comThe Southwestern Historical QuarterlySt. Clairsville, OhioPortage Daily RegisterFort Worth, TexasFort Worth Star TelegramUS Census BureauHandbook of TexasTexas State Historical AssociationCities