unincorporated community
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located in
Comanche County Comanche County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Comanche County, Kansas
* Comanche County, Oklahoma
* Comanche County, Texas
Comanche County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. As of the 2020 ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
. According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, the community had a population of 30 in 2000.
History
On April 26, 1994, an F0 tornado struck Downing, but there was no damage done.
Geography
Downing is located on
Texas State Highway 16
State Highway 16 (SH 16) is a south–north state highway in Texas, United States. that runs from Zapata on the boundary with Mexico
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, northeast of
Comanche
The Comanche (), or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (, 'the people'), are a Tribe (Native American), Native American tribe from the Great Plains, Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the List of federally recognized tri ...