Comptche, California

Comptche is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located 17mi southeast of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m). There is a KG-3 Primary school serving the town. The population was 159 at the 2010 census.GeographyComptche is located at . It is in USPS ZIP code 95427 and lies at the junction of three minor roads. The Comptche–Ukiah road extends west from Comptche approximately 15mi to Mendocino on State Route 1 and continues east 33mi to Ukiah on U.S. 101 . Flynn Creek Road connects southward 8mi to State Route 128 in Navarro River Redwoods State Park, near the town of Navarro.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.2 square miles, all of it land.HistoryThe Comptche post office opened in 1877, closed later that same year, and re-opened in 1879. Although the precise origin of the town's name is unknown, there was a village of the Pomo people named Komacho nearby.