Comanche County is named for the Comanche American Indian tribe who resided in the region and derives from the Spanish “Camino Ancho” meaning “broad trail”.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Kiowa County
E – Barber County
S – Woods County, Oklahoma and Harper County, Oklahoma
W – Clark County
Created: February 27, 1885 
County Seat:
Coldwater 1885 – present
County Courthouse – Coldwater
Location: 201 South New York Avenue / 1st Street
Built: 1927 – 1928
Style: Classical Revival
Architect: Routledge & Hertz
Contractor: Thomas S Howard
Description: The building faces west and is a four story buff colored brick, limestone and concrete structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the center of Coldwater. The building has eleven bays on the east and west facades and five bays on the north and south facades. The building has a projecting central section with two large columns rising from the second story to the third story. Between the columns are three entrance doors and above are sets of three windows on each story. The roof line is flat. In the interior are terrazzo floors, pink marble wainscoting, oak trim and plaster walls and ceilings. There is an iron staircase with terrazzo treads. The County District Court courtroom is located on the east side of the second story. On the third story are eight jail cells now used for storage. The building houses the County District Court of the 16th Judicial District.
Note: The architect, Routledge & Hertz, designed courthouses in Edwards County, Finney County, Gray County. Hodgeman County and Sherman County.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Comanche County Courthouse
See: The 16th Judicial District includes Clark County, Ford County, Gray County, Kiowa County and Meade County.
History: The county was created February 26, 1867 but the establishment of the county was declared a fraud and the county was re-created on February 27, 1885 and Coldwater was selected as the county seat. A courthouse site was purchased in 1888 and the first courthouse was a wood structure erected in Coldwater in 1889 to 1890. The courthouse burned in 1921. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1927 to 1928.
County Courthouse – Coldwater
County District Court courtroom
Jail Cells on third story
Photos taken 2006, 2010 and 2022