Harker Heights
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city in Bell County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Bell
- Total
- 15.66 sq mi (40.55 km )
- Land
- 15.61 sq mi (40.43 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 817 ft (249 m)
- Density
- 2,077.0/sq mi (801.95/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 76542, 76543, 76548
- Fips code
- 48-32312
- Website
- harkerheights .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Harker Heights
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bell County
- Population
- 33097
- Area
- 39.43632
- Elevation
- 233
- Official website
- www.ci.harker-heights.tx.us
- Households
- 11067
- Dialing code
- 254
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- postal code
- 76548
- inception
- 1957-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.3185
- per capita income
- 30833
- Commons category
- Harker Heights, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Harker Heights is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, 33,097 people resided in the city, up from a population of 17,308 in 2000. This makes Harker Heights the third-largest city in Bell County, after Killeen and Temple. Incorporated in 1960, the city derives its name from one of the two original landowners and founder, Harley Kern. Harker Heights is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harker Heights” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.