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Bell County was created from Milam County just five years after Texas entered the Union.  County Commissioners chose a county seat on the banks of Nolan Creek and named it Nolandsville.   Two years later, January 12, 1852, the town's name became Belton and it was incorporated. Belton's first settlers built houses, stores, saloons, and a hotel and prospered until the Civil War.  

 

By the 1880s, Belton had recovered from the war and began to flourish once again.  It was the largest town in Bell County and had a brisk economy.  During the mid to late 1860s, the Chisholm Trail cut through central Bell County along a route between the present day cities of Belton and Salado.  Bell County is named for Peter Hansborough Bell, the third governor of Texas.

 

Cities and towns

Bartlett
Belton (County Seat)
Harker Heights
Holland
Killeen (largest city)
Little River-Academy
Morgan's Point Resort

Nolanville
Rogers
Salado
Temple (second largest city)
Troy
Fort Hood

 

 

 

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Surrounding Counties

McLennan County (north)
Falls County (northeast)
Milam County (southeast)
Williamson County (south)
Burnet County (southwest)
Lampasas County (west)
Coryell County (northwest)

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