The County Seat Moved from Cora to Comanche in 1859

The Texas legislature created Comanche County in 1856 from parts of Coryell and Bosque counties. The town of Cora became the first county seat. A log structure served as the first courthouse.

By 1859, the town of Comanche replaced Cora as county seat because it sat in a more central location. The county is named after the Comanche people, who dominated the region from the 1700s through the mid-1800s. White settlement began in 1854 under land grants originally tied to Stephen F. Austin and Samuel May Williams.