Editing Coryell County, Texas (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
Of the eight [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] general correctional facilities for women, which include five prisons and three state jails,<ref name="Unitdir">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/all.htm Unit Directory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725195550/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/all.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> five of the units,<ref name="Gately">Gately, Paul "[http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/34929404.html Former Downtown Waco Executive Director Moved to Gatesville] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927172040/http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/34929404.html |date=2011-09-27 }}." ''[[KWTX-TV]]''. November 22, 2008. Retrieved on May 20, 2010.</ref> including four prisons and one state jail,<ref name="Unitdir"/> are in the [[Gatesville, Texas|City of Gatesville]].<ref name="Gately"/><ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4829168&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Gatesville city, Texas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111723/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4829168&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-06-06 }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref>

The [[Christina Crain Unit]] prison (formerly Gatesville Unit),<ref name="Crain">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/gv.htm Crain Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201020/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/gv.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref>
the [[Hilltop Unit]] prison,<ref name="Hilltop">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ht.htm Hilltop Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201235/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ht.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref>
the [[Dr. Lane Murray Unit]] prison,<ref name="Murray">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lm.htm Murray Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201355/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lm.htm |date=July 25, 2010 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref>
and the [[Linda Woodman Unit]] state jail are co-located among one another.<ref name="Woodman">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/wm.htm Woodman Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201510/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/wm.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> In addition the [[Mountain View Unit]], a prison with the State of Texas female death row, is in Gatesville.<ref name="MountainView">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/mv.htm Mountain View Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201353/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/mv.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> One male prison, the [[Alfred D. Hughes Unit]], is in Gatesville.<ref name="hughes">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ah.htm Hughes Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219235320/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ah.htm |date=2011-02-19 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref>

Mountain View opened in July 1975,<ref name="MountainView"/> Crain opened in August 1980,<ref name="Crain"/> Hilltop opened in November 1981,<ref name="Hilltop"/> and Hughes opened in January 1990.<ref name="hughes"/> Murray opened in November 1995,<ref name="Murray"/> and Woodman opened in June 1997.<ref name="Woodman"/> In 1995,<!--Woodman opened in 1997--> of the counties in Texas, Coryell had the third-highest number of state prisons and jails, after [[Walker County, Texas|Walker]] and [[Brazoria County, Texas|Brazoria]].<ref name="Horswellhard">Horswell, Cindy. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1995_1283149 For hard-hit economy of Liberty County, crime officially pays]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Thursday June 29, 1995. A30. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.</ref>

===Politics===
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|15,438|7,565|532|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|12,225|5,064|964|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|11,220|5,158|226|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|11,550|6,619|163|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|12,421|5,122|82|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|10,321|4,493|273|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|7,143|5,300|1,501|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|6,144|4,157|4,011|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,461|4,026|140|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|9,056|3,113|30|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,494|4,097|329|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|4,140|4,710|79|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,077|1,235|54|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,698|2,987|1,172|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|877|3,679|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,477|2,700|15|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,509|2,372|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,658|2,432|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|310|2,350|101|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|413|2,518|228|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|549|3,155|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|150|2,064|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|191|3,347|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,123|1,306|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|429|2,890|70|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|444|1,542|736|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|188|1,802|75|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|67|1,271|78|Texas}}
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