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County Courthouse

Coryell County Courthouse
PO Box 237
Gatesville, TX 76528
Phone: 254.865.5016 

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage, probate and court and land records from 1854^[1]

History

Parent County

1854--Coryell County was created 4 February 1854 from Bell and McLennan Counties. County seat: Gatesville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Arnett | Ater | Bee House (Boyd's Cove) | Cavitt | Copperas Cove | Coryell City (Rainey's Creek) | Evant (Langford Cove - part in Hamilton County)| Flat | Fort Gates | Fort Hood | Gatesville | Ireland | Jonesboro (part in Hamilton County) | King | Leon Junction | Levita | Mound | Mountain | Oglesby | Osage | Pancake | Pearl | Pidcoke | Purmela | South Mountain | South Purmelia | The Grove | Topsey | Turnersville | Whitson

Former Communities

Henson's Creek | Spring Hill | Station Creek | Turnover | Lincolnville

Neighboring Counties

• Bell
• Bosque
• Hamilton
• Lampasas
• McLennan

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Court Dockets 1861, 1868-1870 from the Coryell County TXGenWeb site

Land

Local Histories

• History of Coryell County, 1965 by Zelma Scott.
• Coryell County, Texas, Families, 1854–1985, published 1986, by the Coryell County Genealogical Society.
• Copperas Cove, City of Five Hills: A Centennial History, 1980, by Jerry K. Smith and Patrick D. McLaughlin.
  

Maps

• Gatesville 1884 Panoramic Map from the Amon Carter Museum.
• Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site

Military

Fort Gates, originally Camp Gates,  established in 1849 to protect the settlers.

Coryell County Soldiers from the Coryell County TXGenWeb site.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Coryell County Births 1926-1934
• Coryell County Marriages 1932-1977 performed by Bro. Dick Derrick
• First Book of Death Records 1903-1909 from the Coryell County TXGenWeb site.
• Deaths 1909-1917 from the Coryell County TXGenWeb site.
• Coryell County Deaths 1903-1917
• Coryell County Deaths 1964-1984
• Earliest Funeral Home Records 1926-1931 from the Coryell County TXGenWeb site.
• Funeral Home Records 1932-1936 from the Coryell County TXGenWeb site.
• Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
• Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images]
  Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903

Societies and Libraries

• Gatesville Public Library
  111 N 8th St
  Gatesville, TX 76528-1461
  (254)865-5367
  
• Coryell County Genealogy Society
  Gatesville Public Library
  111 N 8th Street
  Gatesville, TX 76528
  
• Five Hills Genealogical Society
  Copperas Cove

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Coryell County TXGenWeb site
• Linkpendium - Coryell County website links
• Coryell County, Texas Old Photos
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Coryell County, Texas. Page 661 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).