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Place Name
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Bell County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Belton
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Population
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191,088 (1990)
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Location
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Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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31°02'N
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Longitude
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97°28'W
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Bell
, county (
1,087 sq mi/2,815 sq km; 1990
pop. 191,088), central Texas;  Belton; 31°02'N 97°28'W.
Co.'s 2 populated centers, Temple (E central) and Killeen (W), are
21 mi/34 km apart. Drained by Leon and
Lampasas rivers, which join at center of co. to form Little R. Rich
blacklands agr. area (cotton, corn, sorghum, soybeans, alfalfa, wheat);
cattle, exotic fowl (emus, ostriches). Hunting, fishing. Oil and gas,
clay, lignite, limestone. Mfg. at Temple, Belton. Part of large Fort
Hood Military Reserve on NW boundary; part of large Belton L. reservoir
in N; Stillhouse Hollow L. reservoir in W center. Formed 1850.
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