Definitions for comstock
ˈkʌm stɒk, ˈkɒm-com·stock

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Comstock, Anthony Comstocknoun

   United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)

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1. comstock

   Comstock can refer to different entities depending on the context it's used: 1. Geographical: Comstock refers to various locations in the U.S., including small towns in Nebraska and Michigan, or the historical Comstock Lode in Nevada, famous for silver discovery during the 19th century. 2. Historical figure: A reference to Anthony Comstock, a Victorian-era reformer known for his vigorous campaign against materials he considered obscene and his influence on strict obscenity laws known as "Comstock laws". 3. Companies: There are several companies also named Comstock, such as Comstock Resources, an energy company specializing in oil and gas exploration and production. Please provide more context for a more specific definition.

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1. Comstock

   Comstock is an unincorporated community in Val Verde County, Texas, United States. Comstock is about 24 miles northwest of Del Rio on U.S. 90. It is the town nearest to Seminole Canyon, which has been a site of human habitation for 9,000 years. Comstock itself was founded around 1883 on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway as the line drove west toward El Paso. Although first platted as Sotol City, it was later named for John Comstock, a railroad dispatcher. The town was located near a natural lake, which was used for the town's water supply but is today only intermittent. The town was granted a post office in 1888, but its remote location and limited resources kept the town from growing quickly. Comstock's biggest scene was between 1888 and 1910, when the Deaton Stage Line operated between the town's railroad depot and the city of Ozona some sixty miles north. The depot at Comstock did not long outlast the stagecoach line, and although the names on the businesses have changed little has changed in the town in 70 years. Seminole Canyon, now a state park, has cave drawings and other evidence of settlement dating from the Early Archaic Period, around 7000 BC. Later remains include stone circles and cairns of the Late Prehistoric, and even 19th Century remains from the construction of the Southern Pacific, one of the nation's first transcontinental railroads.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COMSTOCK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Comstock is ranked #3437 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Comstock surname appeared 10,390 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Comstock.
   
   94% or 9,773 total occurrences were White.
   2.8% or 291 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 174 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 71 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 45 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.3% or 36 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Reformer

How to pronounce comstock?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of comstock in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of comstock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of comstock in a Sentence

1. Larry Sabato:

   I think everybody is looking at Barbara Comstock race and saying,' How in the world does Barbara Comstock win ?'.

2. Greer Donley:

   Comstock is really the backdoor way to remove access to abortion across the whole country.

3. Mary Ziegler:

   You would have essentially on the ballot the question of both Comstock enforcement and also potentially Comstock repeal, do I think, under a Trump presidency, they’re going to confiscate surgical gloves because they could be adapted for use in abortion? No, I don’t think that’s probably going to happen.

4. Larry Sabato:

   With Trump, it will be so much more difficult for Comstock this time.

5. Robert Cantu:

   What( Comstock) does point out - and she’s looking at the high school level not the youth level - is that rough play also needs to be addressed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=comstock
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=comstock
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html