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Fort Cavazos is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos , a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. Formerly named Fort Hood for Confederate General John Bell Hood , the post is located halfway between Austin and Waco , about 60 mi (97 km) from each ...
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.
Killeen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Bell County. According to the 2020 census, its population was 153,095, [5] making it the 19th-most populous city in Texas and the largest of the three principal cities of Bell County. It is the principal city of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Cavazos Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fort Hood, about 70 miles north of Austin, is the largest active-duty U.S. Army post in the U.S. and a top training facility since 1942, according to its website. About 40,000 soldiers work there ...
People from Fort Cavazos (17 P) Pages in category "Fort Cavazos" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Texas State Highway 195; U.
Gatesville is located on the northern edge of Fort Cavazos, and as such is also dependent on the military for a part of its economy (besides Fort Cavazos, a large military vehicle repair facility is located on the east side of town). [23] As of 2012, the prisons in the Gatesville area employ 2,600 people. Most of the employees live in Coryell ...
Fort Cavazos was previously named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. Cavazos, who died in 2017 at 78, grew up on a cattle ranch in Kingsville, Texas, and was of Mexican American heritage.
The third-largest U.S. military base, Fort Cavazos covers 340 square miles and has nearly 60,000 direct employees, more than 38,600 of which are active-duty military personnel, according to the ...