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Bell County

county in Texas, United States
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Summary

Bell County is a county of Texas[1]. It draws 2,046 Wikipedia views per month (county of texas category, ranking #30 of 258).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Belton[5]
  • Shares border with: McLennan County[6], Falls County[7], Milam County[8], Williamson County[9], Burnet County[10], Lampasas County[11], Coryell County[12]
  • Named after: Peter Hansborough Bell[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Belton[14]
  • Commons category: Bell County, Texas[15]
  • Inception: 1850[16]
  • Coordinate location: 31.04, -97.48[17]
  • Official website: http://www.bellcountytx.com/[18], https://www.bellcountytx.com/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bell County, Texas[20]
  • Population: 310,235[21], 312,946[22], 316,346[23], 323,536[24], 326,843[25], 334,941[26], 370,647[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Bell County, Texas[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bell County, Texas[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bell County, Texas[30]
  • Number of households: 125,747[31]
  • Native label: Bell County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110224[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Bell County, Texas[34]
  • Different from: Bell County[35]
  • Area: 2818[36]
  • Water as percent of area: 3.4[37]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Bell County, Texas[38]
  • Per capita income: 27,171[39]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Bell County, Texas.tab[40]

Why It Matters

Bell County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Bell County, Texas.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Bell County, Texas.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential el"
  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00009990
    Taxonomicon id → 1807810
    Umls cui → C3816207
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Texas
    Official website → http://www.bellcountytx.com/, https://www.bellcountytx.com/
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Bell County, Texas
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Belton
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110224, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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