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About Coryell County
Coryell County is ranch country in Central Texas. It sits on the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau, inside the Austin–Waco–Hill Country land market tracked by Texas A&M. Gatesville is the county seat and Copperas Cove is the largest city. The Leon River runs through about 1,052 square miles of rolling pasture, wooded breaks and creek bottoms, and Fort Hood's training lands cover the southern part of the county. It's a good fit for buyers looking for grazing land, recreational acreage or a homesite tract that keeps Killeen, Waco and Austin within driving distance.
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Living in Coryell County
- Mother Neff State Park (Texas Parks & Wildlife) — Texas's first state park, on the Leon River. Hiking, camping, and stone buildings put up by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
- Coryell County, Texas — Official county site: commissioners' court, tax notices, voting map, an interactive county map, and prescribed-burn notices.
- Gatesville Independent School District — District home page for Gatesville's five campuses, from Gatesville Primary through Gatesville High School.
- Coryell Museum & Historical Center — Free county history museum in Gatesville. It holds the Mitchell Spur Collection and the old Coryell County log jail.
- Gatesville Shivaree (Gatesville Chamber of Commerce) — The chamber's yearly festival on the historic courthouse square: a color run, vendors, and an evening concert.
The vibe
Coryell County feels like a working ranch county that grew up around a courthouse square and later learned to live next to one of the country's biggest Army posts. Heading toward Gatesville, you drive through rolling farmland with wooded breaks along the Leon River. In the middle of town stands the 1897 Beaux Arts courthouse, with a cupola, clock and bell tower you can spot from a long way off. Gatesville calls itself the Spur Capital of Texas, a title the Legislature gave it because of the Mitchell spur collection at the Coryell Museum and Historical Center. The collection holds roughly 6,000 pairs of spurs, and the museum also has the county's reassembled 1854 log jail.
The history runs deep. People were living along the Leon River by 4500 B.C. The Legislature created the county in 1854 and named it for frontiersman and Texas Ranger James Coryell. Railroads arrived in 1882, and Oglesby, Leon Junction and Copperas Cove grew up along the tracks. Sheep and goat ranching took hold in the 1850s and 1860s and became more important in the 1930s. Ranching still shapes the countryside today. Around the outlying communities like Evant, Purmela, Jonesboro, Oglesby and Osage, you'll mostly see pasture, cedar and oak, stock tanks and creeks like Cowhouse Creek.
The county moves at two speeds. In the south, Copperas Cove and the country around it look toward Fort Hood and the Killeen area, so homes there are mostly in-town neighborhoods and small acreage. Toward Gatesville and to the north and west, life slows down, and properties run to larger ranch tracts, farm ground and rural homesites. Most of the economy comes from Fort Hood, several Texas Department of Criminal Justice units in Gatesville, and the farms and ranches that have always been here.
Market snapshot
As of the second quarter of 2026, the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M put the Austin–Waco–Hill Country region at a record median of $8,040 per acre for rural land, up 8.63 percent from a year earlier. The region recorded 1,062 sales, and the typical tract was 199 acres. Statewide, prices leveled off around $5,218 per acre. Strong demand for recreational and homesite land is what keeps this region ahead. Asking prices inside Coryell County run higher than that regional median. A late-October 2026 check of Land.com showed 416 properties listed, with a median asking price of $12,698 per acre and a median tract size of 45 acres. Larger ranch listings had a lower median ask of $8,975 per acre, so how many acres you buy changes the per-acre math a great deal. These are asking prices, not closed sales.
On the home side, Movoto reported that homes listed in Gatesville in August 2026 had a median asking price of about $304,000, or $180 per square foot, and spent a median of 140 days on the market. RealtyTrac's September 2026 figures for the Gatesville 76528 ZIP code showed a median sold price of about $196,300, down 6.77 percent from a year earlier. Taken together, these numbers point to a patient, buyer-friendly home market, and well-located acreage is still holding its value.
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Amenities
Several school districts serve parts of Coryell County, including Gatesville, Copperas Cove, Evant, Jonesboro, Oglesby, Crawford, Clifton, Moody, Valley Mills and Killeen ISDs. The whole county is in the Central Texas College service area. Ask an LBG agent which district serves a particular tract, and check the Texas Education Agency for current ratings. For the outdoors, the big draw is Mother Neff State Park, which sits on the Leon River west of Moody and is known as the first state park in Texas. The Civilian Conservation Corps built its stone pavilion, lookout tower and trails in the 1930s. Today the park offers camping, hiking, picnicking, fishing from the riverbank and wildlife watching. The Leon River and its creeks run through much of the county's ranch land, and Belton Lake is close by. Gatesville has a courthouse square, local shops and a drive-in theater, and you'll find more dining and shopping in Killeen, Temple and Waco.
U.S. 84 and State Highway 36 meet at Gatesville, which is about 37 miles west of Waco. Copperas Cove sits on U.S. 190 about 12 miles west of Killeen, 26 miles southwest of Gatesville and about 67 miles north of Austin. That puts the south end of the county a little over an hour from Austin. Killeen Regional Airport is about 6.5 miles from Copperas Cove. Waco Regional is about 53 miles away, and Austin-Bergstrom about 66.
Coryell County FAQs
Where is Coryell County, Texas, and what is the county seat?
Coryell County is in Central Texas, on the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau and within Texas A&M's Austin–Waco–Hill Country land market region. Gatesville is the county seat, and Copperas Cove is the largest city.
Is Coryell County considered part of the Texas Hill Country?
Texas A&M includes it in the Austin–Waco–Hill Country land market region. Out on the land, though, it looks more like a mix of rolling ranch country, river bottoms along the Leon and cedar-and-oak hills than the limestone canyons farther south.
What kind of land can I buy in Coryell County?
Listings range from small homesite tracts near Copperas Cove and Gatesville to large working ranches with river or creek frontage in the northern and western parts of the county. You'll also find farm ground, recreational acreage and some development tracts near the towns.
How is the rural land market in Coryell County doing right now?
The wider Austin–Waco–Hill Country region hit record per-acre values in 2026, mostly because of demand for recreational and homesite land. In Coryell County, smaller tracts usually ask more per acre than large ranches, so tract size matters a lot when comparing prices.
How far is Coryell County from Austin and Waco?
Gatesville is about 37 miles west of Waco. Copperas Cove, at the south end of the county, is about 67 miles north of Austin, a little over an hour's drive.
What is Fort Hood's connection to Coryell County?
Fort Hood's main business area is in Bell County, but much of its training land is in Coryell County. The post was named Fort Cavazos in 2023 and went back to the name Fort Hood in July 2025, and it remains a major employer for the region.
What is there to do outdoors in Coryell County?
Mother Neff State Park, on the Leon River, has camping, hiking, picnicking, riverbank fishing and wildlife watching in a park the Civilian Conservation Corps built in the 1930s. The Leon River, the creeks that feed it and nearby Belton Lake add more ways to spend a day outside.
What is Gatesville known for?
Gatesville is called the Spur Capital of Texas because of the huge spur collection at the Coryell Museum and Historical Center. The town is also known for its 1897 Beaux Arts courthouse and as home to several Texas Department of Criminal Justice units.
Which school districts serve rural property in Coryell County?
Gatesville, Copperas Cove, Evant, Jonesboro, Oglesby and several neighboring districts each serve parts of the county. District lines don't always follow town names, so confirm the district for a specific tract, and check the Texas Education Agency for current ratings.
What should I check before buying ranch land in Coryell County?
Check water sources and well potential, legal access, floodplain exposure near the Leon River and its creeks, and whether the property has an agricultural tax valuation. An LBG Land & Ranch agent can walk you through each of these on a specific property.
Market and community sections reviewed 2026-10-30.