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Kansas State Board of Agriculture
First Biennial Report

Comanche County

1878


Map of Comanche County - 1878

Topography. - Bottom land, 10 per cent.; upland, 90 per cent.; forest, 1 per cent. ; prairie, 99 per cent. The west half is level, or gently undulating, the east half bluffy.

Timber. - There is no good timber.

Principal Streams. - Mule creek is the principal stream; it has numerous tributaries, all flowing southeast. There are a few springs.

Stone. - There is an abundance of gypsum, and good building stone.

No returns of population or industrial statistics.