THE GATESVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Limestone Cut Plain setting.
Gatesville city has 10.7 square miles of land in Coryell County. Its Census reference point is in Limestone Cut Plain, within Cross Timbers.
The Cross Timbers mark a transition from prairie to more wooded eastern landscapes. Native grassland is interspersed with post oak and blackjack oak, creating a woodland-and-open-country mosaic.
Regional context: Cross Timbers ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Gatesville and Coryell County
Gatesville is associated with Coryell County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Gatesville by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Gatesville, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.4% recorded for Coryell County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gatesville city has 6.6 times the land area of nearby South Mountain town (1.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

