Gatesville, Texas
Gatesville, Texas | |
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Coryell County courthouse | |
| Nickname: Spur Capital of Texas | |
Location of Gatesville, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 31°26′02″N 97°45′30″W / 31.43389°N 97.75833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Coryell |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.52 sq mi (27.24 km2) |
| • Land | 10.50 sq mi (27.20 km2) |
| • Water | 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 817 ft (249 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 16,135 |
| • Density | 1,180/sq mi (456/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC–6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 76528 |
| Area code | 254 |
| FIPS code | 48-29168 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410577 |
| Website | www |
Gatesville is a city in and the county seat of Coryell County, Texas, United States. Its population was 16,135 at the 2020 census. The city has five of the nine prisons and state jails for women operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Patrick O'Daniel Unit (formerly Mountain View Unit), has the state's death row for women.
Gatesville is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan statistical area.