Editing Gatesville, Texas (section)

== History ==
[[File:Old map-Gatesville-1884.jpg|left|thumb|City in 1884]]
Gatesville was established in 1854 on land donated by Richard G. Grant (1808–1858), shortly after the organization of Coryell County. The name was taken from [[Fort Gates]], which had been established in 1849 approximately five miles to the west.<ref name="Zelma Scott" /><ref name="Simmons" /><ref name="Chrisman" />

Gatesville was the western terminus of the [[Texas and St. Louis Railway]], with the town having been reached in 1882.<ref name=TSL>{{cite web|url= https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-and-st-louis-railway|title=Texas and St. Louis Railway|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=October 8, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gatesville-tx  |title=Gatesville, TX|publisher= Texas State Historical Society|accessdate=October 8, 2023}}</ref>  This line later became the core of the [[St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company]], commonly known as the Cotton Belt.<ref name=Museum>{{cite web|url= https://arkansasrailroadmuseum.org/about/cotton-belt-route.html |title=St. Louis Southwestern Railroad History|publisher=Arkansas Railroad Museum|accessdate=October 5, 2023}}</ref>