Killeen has good road links as it is just sixteen miles from
Interstate 35 and close also to Highway 190. Killeen is in Bell County.
Killeen was named in 1872 after Mr. Frank Killeen a railroad employee. Austin
is sixty miles south of Killeen. Waco is fifty nine miles north of Killeen.
The city of Killeen has excellent air links as it has the Killeen-Fort Hood
Regional Airport connecting it with numerous daily flights to DFW and Houston
Airports. Killeen is near to Fort Hood which is the US biggest military
base. Many of Killeen service industries provide supplies and equipment
for Ford Hood. Killeen owes much of its economic growth to the nearby military
establishment.
City of Killeen
One Santa Fe Plaza Drive
Killeen, Texas 76541
Toll Free: (800) 869-TANK (8265)