in 1884 g.w. vickers, thought of planning out a town in the northern part of comanche county. he did this with timothy shields, j.p. grove, samuel sisson, c.m. cade and c.d. bickford. all of them were from harper county. they got some land, had it platted off as a town site, and they named it after the city of coldwater, michigan. early in 1885, the county had the necessary number of people. they asked the governor organize the county. on february 27, 1885, it was organized. owen connaughton, george m. morris, and david t. mclntire became county commissioners, and r.a. grossman became the county clerk. coldwater became the county seat.