Belton Texas is the county seat of Bell County and is the fifth largest city in the Killeen-Temple metropolitan area.
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10 Facts About Belton Texas
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Belton Texas was first settled 1850 and named Nolanville, taking the name of nearby Nolan Springs which were named for Texan explorer Philip Nolan.
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In 1851, it changed its name to Belton after being named the county seat of newly created Bell County named after Peter Hansborough Bell, the Governor of Texas at that time.
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The town experienced rapid growth in the 1880s with the building of the courthouse, Baylor Female College buildings, and a "railroad war" in which, by 1881, Belton Texas was bypassed by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, which built Temple, 8 miles to the east, as the local junction and depot town.
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Belton Texas has a humid subtropical climate under the Koppen climate classification.
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However, February 2021 brought a snowstorm to Belton Texas that impacted many homes, forcing many people to live without power or heat for as long as a week.
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Recreation, Belton Texas has two major lakes: Belton Texas Lake on the Leon River, and Stillhouse Hollow Lake on the Lampasas River.
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Belton Texas Lake has 11 public access parks owned and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
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