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The town of Chomaklou is still called Chomaklu and is located at the following coordinates. I have included the coordinates of a few other towns so that you may find Chomaklou's approximate location better.
NAME LATITUDE LONGITUDE
Comakli "38°27'00""N" "35°33'00""E"
Tomarza "38°27'00""N" "35°49'00""E"
Incesu "38°26'00""N" "35°35'00""E"
Kayseri "38°43'00""N" "35°30'00""E"
There are two books about the Armenians of Chomaklou - actually it is the same book originally written in Armenian ["Chomakhlou, Gesaria" by Aris G. Kalfaian (Gochnag Press, New York, 1930)] and now also available in English translation ["Chomaklou: The History of an Armenian Village" by Aris Kalfaian translated by Krikor Asadourian (Chomaklou Compatriotic Society, New York, 1982)].
What is interesting (beyond just that these books exist) is that there was an active compatriotic society in existence in New York as late as 1982. While you should try to obtain the book, I would also urge you to search the New York/New Jersey phone directories for any families by these names that can maybe put you in touch with someone who was active in the Chomaklou Ccompatriotic Society. Actually, the book contains an address and phone number, although I doubt they would still be in existence - but worth a try, 72-16 139th Street, Flushing, NY 11367 or (212) 263-0315.
For the book, I would try the National Association of Armenian Studies and Research on Concord Ave in Belmont, Massachusetts or the Hairenik Association, 80 Bigelow St, Watertown, Massachusetts - I think I have seen the book available at both places.
The book has 2 nice maps of the town with accompanying table detailing where each Armenian families lived (The Armenian version does not include this).
The book also states that there were 1646 Armenians deported in 1915 from 283 families. Of these, 325 survived. The 1646 deportees does not include the deaths of army recruites.
These population estimates are consistent with the 1912/3 census of the Armenian Patriarchate. Of the total Armenians, approximately 250 were Protestant, the rest being Armenian Apostolic.
The town was part of the district (kaza) of Develi within the County (sanjak) of Kayseri within the Province (Vilayet) of Ankara during Ottoman times.
George Aghjayan
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