Comfort, Texas
Comfort, Texas | |
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Historic downtown Comfort | |
Comfort, Texas Location within the state of Texas | |
| Coordinates: 29°58′10″N 98°54′26″W / 29.96944°N 98.90722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Kendall |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.24 sq mi (8.38 km2) |
| • Land | 3.23 sq mi (8.36 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,427 ft (435 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,211 |
| • Density | 685/sq mi (264/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 78013 |
| Area code | 830 |
| FIPS code | 48-16228 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1333183 |
Comfort is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kendall County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Comfort had a population of 2,211. Comfort was founded by German emigrants on the western end of the Texas-German belt. Many residents of the town today are descendants of those same Germans. Comfort is known for its German heritage and large ranches outside of town.
It lies adjacent to the Guadalupe River, and the 1987 Guadalupe River flood killed 10 people being evacuated from a summer camp sited near Comfort, leaving 33 others missing for a time.