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1887 Coldwater, Protection, Avilla

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Coldwater, the county seat of Comanche county, is situated a little northwest of the center of the county, and is one of the most important towns on the Wichita & Englewood division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway system. It has an elevation of 2,089 feet and is beautifully located in the valley of Cavalry creek, a tributary of the Arkansas river. Coldwater was established as the county seat soon after the county was organized, and in the matter of growth it has had its ups and downs." The census of 1890 showed a population of 480, which had dwindled to 263 in 1900. Then came a turn for the better, and in 1910 the population was 684. The improvement during these latter years is of a permanent character. Coldwater has 2 banks, 3 grain elevators, 2 weekly newspapers (the Talisman and the Western Star), an international money order postoffice, express, telegraph and telephone facipties, and is the commercial center for a large and prosperous agricultural district. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 389.

Gallagher, a rural postoffice of Logan township, Comanche county, is located a few miles east of Coldwater, the county seat and most convenient railroad station. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 706.

Protection, an incorporated city of the third class in Comanche county, is located in the township of the same name on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., 10 miles southwest of Coldwater, the county seat. It has a bank, a weekly newspaper (the Post), a mill, a grain elevator, telegraph and express offices, and an international money order postoffice. The population in 1910 was 390. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 512.

Wilmore, a village in Comanche county, is located in Powell township on Mule creek and on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 8 miles northeast of Coldwater, the county seat. It has a mill and grain elevator, general stores, telegraph and express offices, and a money order postoffice. The population in 1910 was 100. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 920.