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Killeen

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Also known as Killeen, Texas, Killeen, TX

city in Bell County, Texas, United States

AI overview

Killeen is a city located in Bell County, Texas. It is home to Fort Hood, one of the largest military installations in the United States, which makes it an economically and strategically significant population center in Central Texas.

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Killeen
Located in
Bell County
Population
153095
Area
140.511359
Elevation
300
Shares border with
Fort Hood
Official website
www.ci.killeen.tx.us
Image
D Avenue.JPG
Households
54840
Dialing code
254
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topic's main category
Category:Killeen, Texas
postal code
76549
Commons category
Killeen, Texas
category for people born here
Q28653129
category of associated people
Category:People from Killeen, Texas
twinned administrative body
Osan
inception
1872-01-01
different from
Killean
water as percent of area
1.2375
per capita income
23871
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Encyclopedic overview

Killeen is a city at the U.S. state of Texas, located in Bell County. According to the 2020 census, its population was 153,095, making it the 19th-most populous city in Texas and the largest of the three principal cities of Bell County. It is the principal city of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area. Killeen is 55 miles (89 km) north of Austin, 125 miles (201 km) southwest of Dallas, and 125 miles (201 km) northeast of San Antonio.

Killeen is directly adjacent to the main cantonment of Fort Hood. Its economy depends on the activities of the post, and the soldiers and their families stationed there. It is known as a military "boom town" because of its rapid growth and high influx of soldiers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Killeen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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