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Bell County
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county in Texas, United States
Bell County is a county located in Texas. It is home to Fort Hood, a major U.S. Army installation that significantly influences the county's economy and population.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Peter Hansborough Bell
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Belton
- Capital
- Belton
- Population
- 370647
- Area
- 2818
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Coryell County
- Official website
- www.bellcountytx.com
- Image
- Belton Courthouse (1).jpg
- Households
- 125747
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Bell County, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bell County, Texas
- Commons category
- Bell County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Bell County, Texas
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- different from
- Bell County
- water as percent of area
- 3.4
- native label
- Bell County
- per capita income
- 27171
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Encyclopedic overview
Bell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Belton. As of the 2020 census, its population was 370,647. Bell County is part of the Killeen–Temple, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Peter Hansborough Bell, the third governor of Texas. In 2010, the center of population of Texas was located in Bell County, near the town of Holland.
History
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