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Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state Texas was originally divided into municipalities, a unit of local government under Spanish and Mexican rule. When the Republic of Texas gained its independence in 1836, there were 23 municipalities, which became the original Texas counties. Many of these would later be divided into new counties. The most recent county to be created was Kenedy County in 1921. The most recent county to be organized was Loving County in 1931

Coryell County, Texas

Coryell County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Gatesville
Year Organized: 1854
Square Miles: 1,052

Court House:

Main Street
County Courthouse
Gatesville, TX 76528

Etymology - Origin of County Name

James Coryell, a frontiersman who was killed by Native Americans

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Coryell County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for James Coryell, a frontiersman who was killed by Indians.

The area that became Coryell County was part of the Milam Land District, assigned by the Mexican government for settlement first to Robert Leftwich^qv in 1825, and later to Sterling C. Robertson.^qv Some of the land was surveyed as early as 1835, but few settlements existed before the late 1840s, when the United States established Fort Gates and other military posts along the frontier to protect incoming residents from Indians. The line of frontier forts was moved farther west in the early 1850s, and Fort Gates was abandoned in 1852. Settlers in the Fort Gates area numbered about 250 at that time, and they began to campaign for a county seat. In 1854 the legislature established Coryell County and named it in honor of frontiersman James Coryell,^qv an early landholder. Residents chose the site for Gatesville, the county seat, in an election held in May 1854.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc23.html (accessed November 5, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,057 square miles (2,737 km²), of which, 1,052 square miles (2,724 km²) of it is land and 5 square miles (13 km²) of it (0.47%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Bosque County (north)
McLennan County (northeast)
Bell County (southeast)
Lampasas County (southwest)
Hamilton County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Copperas Cove	city	Incorporated Area
- Evant	town	Incorporated Area
- Gatesville (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Oglesby	city	Incorporated Area
- South Mountain	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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Online High Schools

County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."

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