[3] The county was founded in 1856 and is named for the Comanche Native American tribe.

[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.

A lynch mob was formed, but Hardin and his family were put into protective custody.

[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!

[4] Proctor Lake was impounded in 1963 to provide flood control and drinking water.

[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.

[33] Comanche County is currently listed as part of the Dallas-Fort Worth DMA.

Local media outlets include KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, and KFWD-TV.