Editing 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.<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gatesvillecitytexas/POP010220| title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Gatesville city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 20, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220235345/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gatesvillecitytexas/POP010220| archive-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> The city has five of the nine prisons and state jails for women operated by the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Unit Directory - Region/Type of Facility/Map|url=https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/unit_map.html|access-date=2020-10-16|website=www.tdcj.texas.gov}}</ref> The [[Patrick O'Daniel Unit]] (formerly Mountain View Unit), has the state's [[death row]] for women.

Gatesville is part of the [[Killeen, Texas|Killeen]]&ndash;[[Temple, Texas|Temple]]&ndash;[[Fort Cavazos]] (formerly Fort Hood) metropolitan statistical area.

==Geography==

The city is located northeast of the center of Coryell County on the east side of the [[Leon River]], part of the [[Brazos River]] watershed.

The city is {{convert|30|mi|km}} from [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref>"[http://lubbockonline.com/news/060397/state.htm Women's pen may be changed]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160219011114/http://lubbockonline.com/news/060397/state.htm Archive]). ''[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]''. June 2, 1997. Retrieved on December 24, 2015.</ref> It is midway between [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and [[Fort Worth]].<ref>Jackson, Bruce and Diane Christian. ''[[In This Timeless Time: Living and Dying on Death Row in America]]''. [[University of North Carolina]], 2012. {{ISBN|0807835390}}, 9780807835395. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=PG7IEOzabuMC&pg=PA143 143].</ref>

[[U.S. Route 84 in Texas|U.S. Route 84]] runs through the city, leading east {{convert|37|mi}} to Waco and west {{convert|50|mi}} to [[Goldthwaite, Texas|Goldthwaite]]. [[Texas State Highway 36]] passes through the eastern side of the city, leading northwest {{convert|32|mi}} to [[Hamilton, Texas|Hamilton]] and southeast {{convert|35|mi}} to [[Temple, Texas|Temple]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Gatesville has a total area of {{convert|23.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|km2|order=flip|3}}, or 0.05%, is covered by water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4829168| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Gatesville city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 5, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213050403/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4829168| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Climate===
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== 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>

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1880= 434
|1890= 1375
|1900= 1865
|1910= 1929
|1920= 2499
|1930= 2601
|1940= 3177
|1950= 3856
|1960= 4626
|1970= 4683
|1980= 6078
|1990= 11492
|2000= 15591
|2010= 15751
|2020= 16135
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Gatesville racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4829168&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/en.html|title=Census.gov|website=Census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|9,347
|57.93%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|2,557
|15.85%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|52
|0.32%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|102
|0.63%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|13
|0.08%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|20
|0.12%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|440
|2.73%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|3,604
|22.34%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''16,135'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 16,135 people, 1,986 households, and 1,151 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, 15,591 people, 2,640 households, and 1,752 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,794|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,963 housing units at an average density of {{convert|341|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 63.20% White, 27.00% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 8.49% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 14.73% of the population.

Of the 2,640 households, 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were not families. About 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the city, the age distribution was 11.7% under 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 53.9% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65  or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 63.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 59.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,534, and for a family was $36,543. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $17,073 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $11,152. About 12.4% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 14.9% of those age 65 or over.

The population doubled from 1980 to 2010 with to the establishment of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisons. As of 2000, about 9,000 of the 15,591 residents were state prisoners.<ref name="Perkinson34" />

== Economy ==
Two manufacturing companies are located in Gatesville:
* [http://www.kalynsiebert.com/ Kalyn Siebert] is a company that makes heavy-haul trailers and equipment for construction, oilfield and energy, national defense, and other specialized transportation requirements.{{fact|date=November 2024}}
* Laerdal Medical Corporation, a division of [[Laerdal]] based in [[Norway]], is a manufacturer of plastic medical teaching supplies.  The division, formerly known as Medical Plastics Laboratories, Inc., was founded in 1949 by three Gatesville doctors.  In January 2000, it was sold to Laerdal.<ref name="DMN Szilagyi">"Company's Mr. Hurt makes model patient", by Pete Szilagyi, ''[[Dallas Morning News]],'' July 3, 1983, sect. AA, pps. 16–17</ref>

==Prisons==
Gatesville is the home of several prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including the [[Patrick O'Daniel Unit]], which houses the women's death row. Gatesville is located on the northern edge of [[Fort Cavazos]], and as such is also dependent on the military for a part of its economy (besides Fort Cavazos, a large military vehicle repair facility is located on the east side of town).<ref>{{Cite web|title = MATES Pride of the TXANG - Living - Fort Hood Sentinel|url = http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/story.php?id=13044|website = www.forthoodsentinel.com|access-date = 2015-10-01}}</ref>

As of 2012, the prisons in the Gatesville area employ 2,600 people. Most of the employees live in Coryell County. Timothy F. Orwig (born 1949) of the ''[[Killeen Daily Herald|Cove Herald]]'' said, "Correctional officers in gray uniforms have been a common sight in the town's businesses for years, and the job of a 'prison boss' was once a highly regarded career choice in Gatesville."<ref name=Orwig />
[[File:Crain Unit Sign.jpg|thumb|[[Christina Melton Crain Unit]], a women's prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]
Of the eight Texas Department of Criminal Justice general correctional facilities for women, which include five prisons and three state jails,<ref name="Units" /> four prisons and one state jail <ref name="Units"/> are in within the city limits.<ref name="Gately"/><ref name="census" />
[[File:Entrance to TDCJ Mountain View Unit.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mountain View Unit]], which houses the state death row for women]]
The [[Christina Melton Crain Unit]] prison (formerly Gatesville Unit), the [[Hilltop Unit]] prison, the [[Dr. Lane Murray Unit]] prison, and the Linda Woodman Unit state jail are co-located among one another. In addition the [[Patrick O'Daniel Unit]], a prison with the State of Texas female death row, is in Gatesville. One prison for males, the [[Alfred D. Hughes Unit]], is in Gatesville.<ref name="Units" /> As of 2012, the 5,552 female prisoners and 2,958 male prisoners were over half of the population of the city.<ref name=Orwig />

Patrick O'Daniel Unit (then Mountain View Unit) opened in July 1975, Crain opened in August 1980, Hilltop opened in November 1981, and Hughes opened in January 1990. The Murray Unit opened in November 1995, and the Woodman Unit opened in June 1997.<ref name="Units"/>

Gatesville previously hosted the [[Gatesville State School]] and the [[Mountain View State School]], juvenile correctional centers of the [[Texas Youth Commission]].<ref name="GatesvilleSchoolHandbook" /><ref name="MTViewSchoolHandbook" /> The Mountain View State School closed in 1975,<ref name="MTViewSchoolHandbook"/> and the Gatesville State School closed in 1979.<ref name="GatesvilleSchoolHandbook"/> The buildings were transferred to the Texas Department of Corrections and were used as prisons for adults.<ref name="GatesvilleSchoolHandbook"/><ref name="MTViewSchoolHandbook"/>

== Post office ==
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Gatesville Post Office.<ref name="phonebook" />

== Public education and educational resources ==
The [[Gatesville Independent School District]] is the area school district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48099_coryell/DC20SD_C48099.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Coryell County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-24}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48099_coryell/DC20SD_C48099_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Gatesville has a public library.<ref name="Library" />

All of the county is in the service area of [[Central Texas College]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Section 130.171, "Central Texas College District Service Area"].</ref>

== Parks and recreation ==
Since 2000, the Prison Boss Cookoff, a barbecue competition that serves as a fundraiser for the  Correctional Peace Officers Foundation, has been held every year. Orwig described it as "a family gathering of prison workers."<ref name=Orwig/>

== Other highlights ==

Donated in 1991, the Coryell County Museum in Gatesville is home to the Loyd and Madge Mitchell Collection of about 10,000 pairs of [[spur]]s, thought to be the largest such collection in the world. In 2001, the 77th [[Texas Legislature]] designated Gatesville the "Spur Capital of Texas".<ref name="Deeringer">[http://www.cowboysindians.com/Cowboys-Indians/December-2011/Spur-Capital/ "Spur Capital"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305155021/http://www.cowboysindians.com/Cowboys-Indians/December-2011/Spur-Capital/ |date=2014-03-05 }}, by Martha Deeringer, ''[[Cowboys & Indians (magazine)|Cowboys & Indians]]'' December 2011; {{OCLC|1069-8876}}</ref><ref name="TX State Archives">[https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/capitals.html "Official Capital Designations", State of Texas"], [[Texas State Library and Archives Commission]]</ref>

As of 2014, the ''Last Drive-In Picture Show'' in Gatesville, opened by Gene Palmer in 1955 — and, as of 2004, owned by his son, Audie Gene Palmer (1957–2004) — was one of 17 remaining [[drive-in theater]]s in Texas; of those 17, it is one of oldest and longest continuously running.<ref name="Drive-ins.com">[http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/txtlast "Last Drive-In Picture Show Information"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227130143/http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/txtlast |date=2014-02-27 }}, {{URL|www.drive-ins.com}} (retrieved February 23, 2014)</ref><ref name="Drive-ins, Dallas News">"Drive-ins Making Big Comeback Across Texas", ''[[Associated Press]]'' via [[Dallas News]], July 31, 2005, pg. 6A</ref>

The Gatesville High School Hornets were the 2000 Texas [[University Interscholastic League|UIL]] 4A high-school football champions.

==Notable people==
{{div col}}
* [[William Blankenship]] (born 1928), opera tenor
* [[Bart Bryant]] (born 1962), professional golfer
* [[Cotton Davidson]] (1931–2022), former AFL and NFL quarterback
* [[Dan Edwards]] (1926–2001), professional football player
* [[Mary Beth Harrell]] (born 1956), regional TV talk-show host and former prosecutor for the City of [[Temple, TX|Temple]]
* [[Taurean Henderson]] (born 1983), former NFL football player
* [[David Holt (musician)|David Holt]] (born 1946), musician
* [[Jim Miller (outlaw)|Jim Miller]] (1866–1909), outlaw who lived on the Plum Ranch, outside of Gatesville
* [[Frank S. Page]], pastor
* [[J. D. Sheffield]] (born 1960), physician and state legislator
* [[Benny Thomasson]] (1909–1984), Texas fiddler
* [[Bulldog Turner]] (1919–1998), NFL football player
* [[Mike Weaver (boxer)|Mike Weaver]] (born 1951), former WBA boxer
{{div col end}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[Flat, Texas]]
* [[Gatesville Municipal Airport]]
* [[KYAR]]
* [[List of city nicknames in Texas]]
* [[My Ghost Story#Season 4 (2012)|''My Ghost Story'' TV series location]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Coryell County, Texas]]
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin#Parishes|Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin, Waco Deanery]]
* [[Scott & White Memorial Hospital]]
* [[Stephenville North and South Texas Railway]]
* [[Texas locations by per capita income]]
* [[Texas State Guard#Army regiments|Texas State Guard, Army, 2nd Regiment, Gatesville]]
* ''[[Troop 1500]]'', 2005 documentary film
* [[W.C. Dodson]] (1829–1914), architect of the Coryell County Courthouse in Gatesville
* [[71st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="Perkinson34">''Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire,'' 1st ed., by [[Robert Perkinson]], [[Metropolitan Books]] (2010), pg. 34; {{OCLC|317928797}}</ref>
<ref name=Orwig>"[http://kdhnews.com/copperas_cove_herald/local/gatesville-s-penitentiaries-bring-jobs-to-coryell-co/article_51c10010-0913-11e2-9f28-0019bb30f31a.html Gatesville's penitentiaries bring 2,600 jobs to Coryell Co.]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170822223647/http://kdhnews.com/copperas_cove_herald/news/gatesville-s-penitentiaries-bring-jobs-to-coryell-co/article_51c10010-0913-11e2-9f28-0019bb30f31a.html Archive]), by Timothy F. Orwig (born 1949), Gatesville: ''[[Killeen Daily Herald|Cove Herald]]'', September 28, 2012 (retrieved November 13, 2012)</ref>
<ref name="Gately">"[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 }}," by Paul Gately, ''[[KWTX-TV]],'' November 22, 2008 (retrieved May 20, 2010)</ref>
<ref name="census">"[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 May 10, 2010)</ref>


<ref name="Units">[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]<br />
{{space|3}}''[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/index.html Unit Directory]'' (retrieved May 10, 2010)
* [[Christina Crain Unit|Crain Unit]] ([http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/gv.html link])
* [[Hilltop Unit]] ([http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/ht.html link])
* [[Dr. Lane Murray Unit|Murray Unit]] ([http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/lm.html link])
* [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/wm.html Woodman Unit]
* [[Alfred D. Hughes Unit|Hughes Unit]] ([http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/ah.html link])
* [[Mountain View Unit]] ([http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/mv.htm link] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201353/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/mv.htm |date=2010-07-25 }})</ref>

<ref name="GatesvilleSchoolHandbook">[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jjg02 "Gatesville State School for Boys"], ''[[Handbook of Texas]]'' (retrieved July 23, 2010)</ref>
<ref name="MTViewSchoolHandbook">[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jjm01 "Mountain View School for Boys"],''[[Handbook of Texas]]'' (retrieved July 23, 2010)</ref>
<ref name="phonebook">[https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=address=76538&radius=0&locationType=po&locationID=1364537 USPS: Gatesville, TX] (retrieved February 21, 2014)</ref>
<ref name="Library">[http://www.ci.gatesville.tx.us/index.asp?SEC={4CD91B06-88AC-432D-B8CD-5D9DBD09959A}&Type=B_BASIC Gatesville Public Library], City of Gatesville (retrieved May 30, 2010)</ref>
<ref name="Zelma Scott">"The history of Coryell County to 1920", by Zelma May Scott (1908–1973), [[University of Texas at Austin]] (masters thesis) (1946); {{OCLC|27251893}}<br />
{{space|3}}Republished by the [[Texas State Historical Association]] (1965); {{OCLC|2193804}}<br />
{{space|3}}''Texas County and Local History Series,'' Vol. 4</ref>
<ref name="Simmons">''Coryell County History; Stories,'' by Frank Elmer Simmons (1880–1966) (manuscript; unfinished) (1948); {{OCLC|5229872|5229770}}</ref>
<ref name="Chrisman">''History of Coryell County,'' by John Henry Chrisman (1821–1922) (incomplete: taken from scrapbook in archives) (1945); {{OCLC|25498094}}</ref>
}}
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.ci.gatesville.tx.us/|City of Gatesville official website}}
* [http://gatesvilletx.info Gatesville Chamber of Commerce]
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