Comanche County, Kansas
Founding: 1885 (declared in 1867) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: The Comanche people Seat: Coldwater (1885–) Land area: 788 square miles Population (2020): 1,689 Population (historic): 2,549 (1890); 3,281 (1910); 5,238 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880s; 1900–1920 Subdivisions: Three cities; four townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 520 (49.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,517 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,460 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 570 Average farm size (1920): 379.4 acres Sources of settlement: Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Oklahoma _________________________________________________________________________________ Coldwater Namesake: Cold...