Coryell County

Coryell County, Texas

Coryell County, Texas

Coryell County Courthouse in Gatesville, Texas, the county seat. Photograph by Aualliso.
Coryell County, Texas

Coryell County, Texas

Map of Coryell County, Texas. Map Credit: Robert Plocheck.

Coryell County, in central Texas about 210 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, is bordered by Hamilton, Bosque, McLennan, Bell, and Lampasas counties. Gatesville, the county seat, is on U.S. Highway 84 and State Highway 36, about eighty miles north of Austin and 110 miles southwest of Dallas. The county's center lies about four miles southwest of Gatesville at approximately 31°23' north latitude and 97°48' west longitude. The present county comprises 1,031 square miles of plateaus and grasslands in the Grand Prairie region, with elevations ranging from 600 to 1,493 feet above sea level. Its two principal streams are the Leon River, which drains the northern and eastern parts of the county, and Cowhouse Creek, which drains the western and southern areas. Soils vary widely in the county, but most are alkaline with limestone underneath. Indigenous trees include red cedar, live oak, Spanish oak, burr oak, shin oak, cedar elm, hackberry, pecan, redbud, Mexican plum, buckeye, ash, and Eve's necklace; native grasses include bluestems, gramas, and buffalo grass. Approximately 25 percent of the county is considered prime farmland. The fauna includes deer, armadillos, skunks, coyotes, bobcats, opossums, ring-tailed cats, badgers, foxes, raccoons, and squirrels, as well as assorted birds, fish, and reptiles. The climate is temperate; the average minimum temperature is 33° F in January, and the average maximum is 97° in July. The growing season averages 244 days annually, and the rainfall averages about thirty-two inches.

Archeological evidence suggests that Central Texas, including Coryell County, has supported human habitation for at least 12,000 years. The hunting and gathering peoples who had established themselves along the Leon River by 4500 B.C. were probably ancestors of the Tonkawa Indians, who resided in the area in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Another Central Texas tribe, the Lipan Apaches, became neighbors of the Tonkawas sometime after 1300. In later years Kiowas sometimes resided in the area, and the Comanches occasionally passed through.

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Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

Coryell County is classified as a County

Altitude Range

600 ft – 1493 ft

Size

Land area does not include water surface area, whereas total area does

  • Land Area: 1,052.1 mi²
  • Total Area: 1,056.8 mi²

Temperature

January mean minimum: 31.9°F
July mean maximum: 94.2°F

Rainfall, 2019

33.7 inches

Population Count, 2019

75,951

Civilian Labor Count, 2019

23,340

Unemployment, 2019

7.5%

Property Values, 2019

$4,298,638,502 USD

Per-Capita Income, 2019

$33,996 USD

Retail Sales, 2019

$542,691,649 USD

Wages, 2019

$182,129,406 USD

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