Temple, Texas

Temple, Texas
City
Downtown Temple
Motto:  Make Temple Great!
Location within Bell County and Texas
Coordinates: 31°06′20″N 97°25′15″W / 31.10556°N 97.42083°W / 31.10556; -97.42083
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Bell
Settled	June 29, 1881
Incorporated	1882
Founded by	Bernard Moore Temple
Named for	Bernard Moore Temple
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	Tim Davis
• City Council	Members Jessica Walker Zoe Grant Susan Long Mike Pilkington
• City manager	Brynn Myers
Area [1]
• Total	76.01 sq mi (196.85 km2)
• Land	71.17 sq mi (184.33 km2)
• Water	4.84 sq mi (12.52 km2)
Elevation [2]	607 ft (185 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	85,416
• Density	1,102.14/sq mi (425.53/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	76501–76505, 76508
Area codes	Area code 254
FIPS code	48-72176[3]
GNIS feature ID	2412046[2]
Website	www.templetx.gov

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.^[4] Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas and is a principal city in the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area, (Fort Hood was redesignated "Fort Cavazos" in 2023) which as of the 2020 Census had a population of 475,367.^[5][6] Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin, 34 miles south of Waco and 27 miles east of Killeen.