Kokomo, TX

By: William R. Hunt

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: July 1, 2015

Kokomo, on Farm Road 2689 six miles south of Lake Leon in southeastern Eastland County, was founded in the 1890s after the construction of the Texas and Pacific Railway. The post office opened in 1899 with Mary E. Comer as postmistress and was discontinued in 1907. The school was opened in the early 1900s and closed in the 1940s. The schoolhouse and commemorative plaque were destroyed by a tremendous wild fire that ravaged Eastland County in 2006. The population was twenty-five in 1980 and 1990. The population was twenty-five in 1980 through 2000.

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Texas Almanac (1982-83), 174.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

William R. Hunt, “Kokomo, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed July 07, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/kokomo-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: July 1, 2015

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2020-2021

Texas Almanac 2022–2023


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Kokomo
Currently Exists: Yes
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 1380868
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Eastland County
Associated Names: Corner
Coordinates: Latitude: 32.28291280°

Longitude: -98.70505730°
Population Counts: People Year

25 2009

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