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History · Point Comfort

Point Comfort’s post office opened in 1955

Most of Point Comfort was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1970.

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How Point Comfort began

When was Point Comfort founded?

1955

The Point Comfort post office opened in 1955, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,446 in 19702020 census: 60371 years
Founding year: the first Point Comfort post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Point Comfort’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Point Comfort, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Point Comfort yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Point Comfort is a city in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 603 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1955. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 737 to 603 (-18%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Point Comfort, decade by decade

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On the map

Point Comfort on the map, 1952 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Point Comfort. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Point Comfort on the 1952 USGS mapPoint Comfort on the 1973 USGS mapPoint Comfort on the 1995 USGS map1952Point Comfort sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Point Comfort.

People over time

Point Comfort, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,600198020002020Peak: 1,446

Between 603 and 1,446 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Point Comfort’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Point Comfort

Nobody well known was born in Point Comfort itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Gale StormAmerican actress, singer · b. 1922
Matt ProkopAmerican actor · b. 1990
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Steven SaylorAmerican author of historical novels · b. 1956
Michael BatesAmerican athlete · b. 1969
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Daniel E. FloresCatholic bishop · b. 1961
Hope Dworaczyk SmithAmerican entrepreneur, model and tv personality · b. 1984

Questions about Point Comfort’s history

What year was Point Comfort founded?

The Point Comfort post office opened in 1955, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.