CORA

NAME: Cora COUNTY: Comanche ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Warm to Hot BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: That first Courthouse and all the other buildings are gone from site of old Cora. REMAINS: None. Now private property

"Old Cora", the oldest standing log courthouse in Texas was moved from this site. Founded 1854, as Troy. Later renamed in honor of a Miss Beeman of Bell County. In 1856 organization of Comanche County--then extending farther south and east than today's boundaries--Cora became county seat. A log cabin residence in Cora was the first Comanche County Courthouse, serving until the county seat was relocated in 1859 in new town of Comanche. Only a cemetery--the oldest in Comanche County--remains. Thus Cora is an example of the many early, important towns no longer existent in Texas. The first log cabin courthouse of Comanche County reverted to use as a residence, but later was restored and used--as are many former courthouses--as part of a museum. Submitted by: C m waring

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