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CORYELL COUNTY, TEXAS

Central Texas North

31° 23' 24" N, 97° 48' 0" W (31.39, -97.8)

Population: 83,093 (2020)
75,388 (2010) 74,978 (2000) 64,213 (1990)

Total area 1,057 square miles (2,740 km2):
1,052 square miles (2,720 km2) land
4.7 square miles (12 km2) water

Coryell County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Bosque County (N) McLennan County (NE) Bell County (SE) Lampasas County (SW) Hamilton County (NW)

Coryell County History

(from 1936 Texas Centennial Marker)

CORYELL COUNTY
Formed from Bell County;
created February 4, 1854
Organized March 4, 1854.
Named in Honor of James Coryell, born in Tennesse in 1796; a member of the Bowie Expedition to the old San Saba Silver Mines in 1831; a Texas Ranger; killed by Indians near Fort Milam May 27, 1837.
County seat Fort Gates 1854;
Gatesville since.

Coryell County Courthouse

1939 Photo courtesy TXDoT

Coryell County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...

County Seat - Gatesville

Bee House

Cave Creek Ghost Town

Copperas Cove

Coryell City

Eliga Ghost Town

Evant

Flat

Fort Gates First County Seat

Gatesville County Seat

Hubbard Ghost Town

Ireland Ghost Town

Jonesboro

King

Leon Junction

Levita

Lime City Ghost Town

Oglesby

Osage Ghost Town

Pancake Ghost Town

Pearl

Pidcoke

Purmela

Ruth Ghost Town

Slater Ghost Town

South Purmela

Sugar Loaf Ghost Town

Tama Ghost Town

The Grove Ghost Town

Topsey

Turnersville

White Hall Ghost town

Coryell County Vintage Maps

Coryell County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Coryell County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Coryell County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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