14 Facts About Killeen Texas

Killeen Texas is directly adjacent to the main cantonment of Fort Hood.

Killeen Texas expanded as it became an important shipping point for cotton, wool, and grain in western Bell and eastern Coryell Counties.

Until the 1940s, Killeen Texas remained a relatively small and isolated farm trade center.

Killeen Texas then suffered a recession when Camp Hood was all but abandoned after the end of the Second World War, but when Southern congressmen got it established in 1950 as a permanent army post, the city boomed again.

Troop cutbacks and transfers in the mid-1950s led to another recession in Killeen Texas, which lasted until 1959, when various divisions were reassigned to Fort Hood.

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Killeen Texas was arrested and convicted by a court-martial, where he was sentenced to death.

In 2011, Killeen Texas got media attention from a new television series called Surprise Homecoming, hosted by Billy Ray Cyrus, about military families who have loved ones returning home from overseas.

Killeen Texas is 16 miles west of Belton, the county seat and nearest access to Interstate 35.

Killeen Texas Mall serves as the city's main shopping destination, and one of two regional shopping malls in Bell County.

Killeen Texas is home to Vive Les Arts Theatre, a full-time arts organization which produces several Main Stage and Children's Theatre shows each year.

Central Killeen Texas College was established in 1965 to serve Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Mills, and San Saba Counties, in addition to Fort Hood.

Killeen Texas is served by a small regional airfield known as Skylark Field and the larger Killeen Texas–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK), the latter with commercial passenger flights.

In 2017 Killeen was ranked the 9th most dangerous city in Texas based on crime data.

The Killeen rates are calculated using the estimated 2008 population figure of 115, 906 as provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety.