File:Downtown-temple-630x476.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Temple
Sign in to saveAlso known as Temple, Texas, Temple, TX
city in Bell County, Texas, United States
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
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.