Comptche (Pomo: Compatche, meaning “In the valley accompanied by the hills”) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Fort Bragg at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m). There is a K–3 primary educational serving the town, as competently as a small store like gas pump; a herald office, and a church. The population was 167 at the 2020 census.

Comptche is located in west-central Mendocino County at 39°15′54″N 123°35′28″W / 39.26500°N 123.59111°W / 39.26500; -123.59111 (39.2648954, -123.5911224). It is in ZIP code 95427 and lies at the junction of three teen roads. Comptche–Ukiah Road extends west from Comptche 15 miles (24 km) to Mendocino on State Route 1, while to the east Orr Springs Road leads 30 miles (48 km) to Ukiah on U.S. 101 (passing through Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve approximately halfway to Ukiah). Flynn Creek Road leads southward from Comptche 8 miles (13 km) to State Route 128 in Navarro River Redwoods State Park, near the town of Navarro. Flynn Creek Road and the western segment of Comptche–Ukiah Road manage to pay for an every other route in the middle of Mendocino and the Anderson Valley, used in winter storms as soon as the Navarro River floods Route 128.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Comptche CDP covers an area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km), all of it land. The Albion River runs along the southern edge of the community, flowing west to the Pacific Ocean at Albion.

The Comptche declare office opened in 1877, closed progressive that similar year, and reopened in 1879. Although the true origin of the town’s herald is unknown, there was a village of the Pomo people named Komacho nearby.