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Comanche County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census , the population was 121,125, [ 1 ] making it the fifth-most populous county in Oklahoma. Its county seat is Lawton . [ 2 ]
Lawton was the former home to the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry, a basketball team. The team moved in 2007 from Oklahoma City to Lawton, where they won two Continental Basketball Association championships and a Premier Basketball League championship. [60] [61] In 2011, the Cavalry ceased operations in their second year in the PBL. [62]
Location of Comanche County in Oklahoma. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Comanche County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Fort Sill National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Elgin in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 391.3 acres (158.4 ha), and as of 2021 had more than 8,000 interments.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Comanche County, Oklahoma" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Schools in Comanche County, Oklahoma (6 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Comanche County, Oklahoma" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Upon completion of a survey, three 320-acre (1.3 km 2) sites were designated as the town sites for the county seats for the Kiowa, Caddo, and Comanche Counties. Lawton was the Comanche County site, named for General Henry W. Lawton, who had been quartermaster at Fort Sill and part of the pursuit and capture of Geronimo.
Comanche is a small city in southwest Oklahoma, set in rolling prairie land interspersed with oil fields, ranches, farms, pecan orchards, and timbered areas. Comanche is located in what was once the famous Louisiana Purchase , a part of which was later in 1855 designated Indian Territory and set aside for the Five Civilized Tribes .