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Welcome to Comal ...

Comal is located in Hill Country.

Comal is located in Comal County<1>.

Comal is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Comal lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Comal: 830

Communities Also Named Comal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Comal - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Comal.

Communities near Comal ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Comal.

  • New Braunfels
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Schertz
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cibolo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Seguin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Seguin is located in Guadalupe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seguin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,165 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seguin <3>
  • Converse
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Universal City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Live Oak
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Selma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kirby
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alamo Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Comal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Comal.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Comal. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Comal.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Comal. See our Newspapers Page for Comal.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Comal ...

Looking for more information about Comal? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Comal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Comal.

Adding Comal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Comal in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Comal was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Comal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Comal, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Comal - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.