Temple

Also 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

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Temple
Population: 82073
Area: 179.800959
Elevation: 715
Official website: www.templetx.gov
Image: Downtown Temple, TX at Main Street IMG 2384.JPG
Households: 28276
Dialing code: 254

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Commons category: Temple, Texas
postal code: 76508
inception: 1881-06-29
P8168: The IT Crowd
water as percent of area: 0.5985
per capita income: 27397
date of incorporation: 1882-00-00

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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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