Gatesville, Texas
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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.
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Gatesville, Texas | |
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Nickname: Spur Capital of Texas | |
Coordinates: 31°26′12″N 97°44′7″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
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 |
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Gatesville is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Cavazos metropolitan statistical area.