unincorporated community
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in
Comal County
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,
Texas
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, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, the community had a population of 40 in 2000. It is located within the
Greater San Antonio
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area.
History
Comal was established on the in 1846 along the
Old San Antonio Road
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, and was turned into a section houses for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad at the turn of the 19th century. In the 1980s and 2000, the community's population was 40. It is also home to a St. Joseph's Church and cemetery.
Geography
Comal is located on the Old San Antonio Road off
Farm to Market Road 482
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, southwest of
New Braunfels
New Braunfels ( ) is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Comal County. The city covers and had a population of 90,403 as of the 2020 Census. A suburb just north of San Antonio, and part ...
in southern Comal County.
Education
Today, the community is served by the
Comal Independent School District
Comal Independent School District is a public school district based in New Braunfels, Texas
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. It is zoned for Morningside Elementary School, Danville Middle School, and Davenport High School.