Temple

city in Bell County, Texas, United States
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Summary

Temple is a city in the United States[1]. Temple ranks in the top 5% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,866 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bell County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Timothy Davis[5]
  • Postal code: 76501[6], 76502[7], 76503[8], 76504[9], 76508[10]
  • Commons category: Temple, Texas[11]
  • Local dialing code: 254[12]
  • Inception: June 29, 1881[13]
  • Coordinate location: 31.0982344, -97.342782[14]
  • Official website: https://www.templetx.gov/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Temple, Texas[16]
  • Population: 54,986[17], 66,102[18], 82,073[19]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20]
  • Official name: Temple[21]
  • Category for people born here: Q43461250[22]
  • Number of households: 28,276[23]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Temple, Texas[24]
  • Different from: Temple[25]
  • Elevation above sea level: 715[26]
  • Area: 69.43[27], 179.800959[28]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.5985[29]
  • Territory overlaps: Temple urban area[30]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Killeen–Temple metropolitan area[31]
  • Per capita income: 27,397[32]
  • Date of incorporation: 1882[33]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Temple include Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport[34], an airport[35], in United States[36].

Why It Matters

Temple has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Temple is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Temple include Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport[34], an airport[35], in United States[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 31.0982344, 'longitude': -97.342782}
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    Instance of → city in the United States
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