Temple
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Counties
- Bell
- Settled
- June 29, 1881
- Founded by
- Bernard Moore Temple
- Named after
- Bernard Moore Temple
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Tim Davis
- City council
- Members Jessica Walker Zoe Grant Karl Kuykendall Mike Pilkington
- City manager
- Brynn Myers
- Total
- 76.00 sq mi (196.85 km )
- Land
- 71.17 sq mi (184.33 km )
- Water
- 4.83 sq mi (12.52 km )
- Elevation
- 607 ft (185 m)
- Density
- 1,102.1/sq mi (425.53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 76501–76505, 76508
via Wikipedia infobox
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Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the city has a population of 82,073 according to the U.S. census. Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas and is a principal city in the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area, which as of the 2020 Census had a population of 475,367. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles (105 km) north of Austin, 34 miles (55 km) south of Waco and 27 miles east of Killeen.
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