Coleman County
Coleman County, Texas
Coleman County, Texas
Coleman County (J-12) is located in west central Texas. Coleman, the county seat and largest town, is sixty miles southeast of Abilene. The center point of the county is 31°45' north latitude and 99°25' west longitude. The county is bordered on the south by the Colorado River, on the north by Taylor and Callahan counties, on the west by Runnels County, and on the east by Brown County. Coleman County encompasses 1,280 square miles. It lies in the transitional area between the Edwards Plateau and the Rolling Plains and has some characteristics of each. Rolling hills dominated by mesquite brush and oaks predominate in the county. The county has an elevation range of 1,500 to 2,250 feet. The most significant topographic features include Jim Ned Peak (2,140'), Chandlers Peak (2,173'), and Robinsons Peak in the northern half of the county; and the Santa Anna Mountains (2,000'), Speck Mountain (1,520') and Parks Mountain in the southern half. The flora and fauna of Coleman County are typical of west central Texas; species are mostly western, but some eastern plants and animals can be found. The flora consists of three natural types-mesquite-grassland savanna, upland scrub, and bottomland woodland along the creeks and the Colorado River. The fauna of the county includes such reptiles as yellow mud turtles, Texas map turtles, Western cottonmouth snakes, hognose snakes, Western diamond-backed rattlesnakes, coachwhips, horned toads, and the eastern tree lizard; birds such as turkeys, screech owls, wood ducks, turkey vultures, and red-tailed hawks; and such mammals as white-tailed deer, black-tailed jackrabbits, opossums, and ringtails. The natural resources of the county include oil, gas, rock, and clay. The northern half of the county is drained by Jim Ned and Hords creeks, which meet and flow into Pecan Bayou in neighboring Brown County. Both creeks have been dammed and have reservoirs on them, Coleman Lake on Jim Ned Creek and Hords Creek Lake on Hords creek. The southern half of the county is drained by the Colorado River. Grape and Bull creeks are the two major tributaries of the Colorado within the county. Coleman County has an average growing season of 235 days. It receives 26.82 inches of rainfall on the average annually. Temperatures range from a mean January low of 34° F to a mean July high of 96°.
Human occupation of the future Coleman County began 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, as archeological evidence along the Colorado indicates. Closer to modern times, the area was dominated by the Lipan Apaches and the Comanches. European exploration into the county was not frequent, but as many as four seventeenth-century Spanish explorations came through the area. In 1632 a Father Salas led an expedition to the upper Colorado; in 1650 captains Hernán Martín and Diego del Castillo explored the western portion of the county. Four years later Diego de Guadalajara followed the same path as Martín and Castillo, and in 1683–84 Juan Domínguez de Mendoza established a short-lived mission somewhere near the confluence of the Concho and Colorado rivers. The exact location, however, is unknown and has been the subject of some debate. Some archeologists and historians put the mission site at the Concho-Colorado confluence, while others put it at the site of present-day Leaday in Coleman County.
Rusty Tate | © TSHA
Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.
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Currently Exists
Yes
Place type
Coleman County is classified as a County
Altitude Range
1289 ft – 2250 ft
Size
Land area does not include water surface area, whereas total area does
- Land Area: 1,262.0 mi²
- Total Area: 1,281.4 mi²
Temperature
January mean minimum:
33.7°F
July mean maximum:
95.7°F
Rainfall, 2019
28.7 inches
Population Count, 2019
8,175
Civilian Labor Count, 2019
2,747
Unemployment, 2019
8.5%
Property Values, 2019
$1,820,891,413 USD
Per-Capita Income, 2019
$40,669 USD
Retail Sales, 2019
$63,365,557 USD
Wages, 2019
$17,277,212 USD
County Map of Texas
Coleman County
- Coleman County
Places of Coleman County
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Photos Nearby:
City of Coleman, Texas
Downtown of the City of Coleman, Texas. Photograph by Renelibrary.
Cattails growing on the shore of Coleman Lake
Photo by Robert Nunnally, Flickr, CC 2.0
Stones in O.H. Ivie Reservoir
Photo by Jonathan Cutrer, jcutrer.com
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