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COLEMAN COUNTY, TEXAS

Texas Panhandle

31° 46' 12" N, 99° 27' 0" W (31.77, -99.45)

Population: 7,684 (2020)
8,895 (2010) 9,235 (2000) 9,710 (1990)

Total area 1,281 square miles (3,320 km2):
1,281 square miles (3,320 km2) land
19 square miles (49 km2) water

Coleman County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Callahan County (N) Brown County (E) McCulloch County (S) Concho County (SW) Runnels County (W) Taylor County (NW)

Coleman County History

(from 1936 Texas Centennial Marker - 0.6 mile N of Coleman on US 84)

In early Texas had Apache, Comanche, Kiowa camps and mountain lookouts. White settlement began at Camp Colorado, U.S. 2nd Cavalry Post on Jim Ned Creek, 1857.

County was created Feb. 1, 1858. Named for Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837), a signer of Texas Declaration of Independence and a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto. To south part of county, 1862, came John Chisum, to raise cattle to be furnished to Confederate troops fighting Civil War.

County was organized Oct. 6, 1864.
Courts first met at Camp Colorado.
Coleman was approved as county seat April 28, 1876.

Coleman County Courthouse

Coleman County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Coleman County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...

County Seat - Coleman

Atoka ghost town

Burkett ghost town

Camp Colorado ghost town

Cleveland

Coleman - County Seat

Echo ghost town

Fisk

Flat Top ghost town

Glen Cove

Goldsboro

Gouldbusk

Leaday ghost town

Mozelle ghost town

Novice

Rich Coffey ghost town

Rock Crusher ghost town

Rockwood ghost town

Santa Anna

Shields ghost town

Silver Valley ghost town

Talpa ghost town

Trickham ghost town

Tyro

Valera ghost town

Voss ghost town

Whon ghost town

Coleman County Vintage Maps

Coleman County 1882 map
From Texas state map #2134
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Coleman County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Coleman County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Coleman County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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