Gatesville, Texas | |
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![]() Coryell County courthouse | |
Nickname: Spur Capital of Texas | |
![]() Location of Gatesville, Texas | |
Coordinates: 31°26′12″N 97°44′7″W / 31.43667°N 97.73528°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Coryell |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• City Council | Mayor Gary Chumley Barbara Burrow Ollie Inmon Timothy Woodlock Jack Doyle Ronnie Viss Sandra Shepherd-Cain |
• City Manager | William H. "Bill" Parry |
Area | |
• Total | 10.52 sq mi (27.24 km2) |
• Land | 10.50 sq mi (27.20 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
Elevation | 807 ft (246 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 16,135 |
• Density | 1,769.5/sq mi (455.91/km2) |
Time zone | UTC–6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 76528 |
Area code | 254 |
FIPS code | 48-29168[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1357921[3] |
Website | ci |
Gatesville is a city in and the county seat of Coryell County, Texas, United States. Its population was 16,135 at the 2020 census.[4] The city has five of the nine prisons[5] and state jails for women operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. One of the facilities, the Patrick O'Daniel Unit, has the state's death row for women.
Gatesville is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Cavazos metropolitan statistical area.