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Killeen
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city in Bell County, Texas, United States
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
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Killeen
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bell County
- Population
- 153095
- Area
- 140.511359
- Elevation
- 300
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Fort Hood
- Official website
- www.ci.killeen.tx.us
- Image
- D Avenue.JPG
- Households
- 54840
- Dialing code
- 254
Show 11 more facts
- 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
- P8168
- Rie Tanaka
- 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.
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