Welcome to Point Comfort ...The coastal city of Point Comfort is located on the Gulf Coast. Point Comfort is located in Calhoun County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Comfort, you might consider that their post office opened in 1955. A typical abbreviation for Point Comfort: Pt. Comfort From the Census Estimates for 2019, Point Comfort has a population of 666 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Point Comfort is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Point Comfort lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Point Comfort: 361 The ZIP code for Point Comfort: 77978<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Point Comfort had an population of 666 people. This is a decrease of 9.63% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 14.72% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Point Comfort had a population of 737 people. This makes Point Comfort the county's 3rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 737 people, the population of Point Comfort decreased 5.63% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 781 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Point Comfort. Communities Also Named Point Comfort ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Point Comfort - they are located in Arkansas, Quebec, South Carolina and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Point Comfort. Communities near Point Comfort ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Point Comfort.
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 Point Comfort. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Point Comfort. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Point Comfort. 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 Point Comfort. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Point Comfort. See our Newspapers Page for Point Comfort. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Comfort ...Looking for more information about Point Comfort? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Point Comfort, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Point Comfort. Adding Point Comfort to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Point Comfort 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 Point Comfort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Point Comfort. Footnotes ...
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