Comanche County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States  Oklahoma   Comanche County

Comanche County, Oklahoma genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse
Comanche County Courthouse 305 SW 5th Street Lawton, OK 73501; Phone: 580.355-5214 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1901

Parent County
1901--Comanche County was created in 1901 from Kiowa-Comanche-Apache and Wichita-Caddo lands. County seat: Lawton

Neighboring Counties

 * Caddo
 * Cotton
 * Grady
 * Kiowa
 * Stephens
 * Tillman

Cemeteries

 * Alphabetical Inventories of Indian Cemeteries in Comanche County, Oklahoma. By Kenneth and Barbara Goodin, and Polly Lewis Murphy.FHL book 970.1 G619a WorldCat

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Lawton newspapers that covered local news on Comanche County residents. This database is free at some libraries.

Societies and Libraries
Lawton Public Library has an excellent genealogical collection for southwestern Oklahoma.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Lawton Oklahoma Family History Center
 * 7002 SW Drakestone Blvd, Lawton, OK 73505 Location Map

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.