Fort Hood, Texas, United States
🇺🇸 Fort Hood is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. Named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, it is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about 60 miles (97 km) from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarters of III Corps and First Army Division West and is home to the 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Cavalry Regiment, among others. It is one of the U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers to be renamed by the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.
Its origin was the need for wide-open space to test and train with World War II tank destroyers. The War Department announced the location in January 1942, and the initial completion was set for that August. As originally constructed, Fort Hood had an area of 158,706 acres (64,226 ha), with billeting for 6,007 officers and 82,610 enlisted personnel. Fort Hood is the most populous U.S. military installation in the world. The main business area is in Bell County, with the training countryside area of the post in Coryell County. In April 2014, the Fort Hood website lists 45,414 assigned soldiers and 8,900 civilian employees with Fort Hood covering 214,000 acres (87,000 ha).
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Fort Hood has a population of over 53,416 people. Fort Hood also forms part of the wider Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area which has a population of over 460,303 people. Fort Hood is situated 5 km north-west of Killeen.
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Locations Near: Fort Hood -97.7756,31.1349
🇺🇸 Killeen -97.729,31.112 d: 5.1
🇺🇸 Gatesville -97.8,31.39 d: 28.5
🇺🇸 Georgetown -97.667,30.65 d: 54.9
🇺🇸 Leander -97.853,30.579 d: 62.2
🇺🇸 Round Rock -97.678,30.513 d: 69.7
🇺🇸 Cedar Park -97.817,30.5 d: 70.7
🇺🇸 Pflugerville -97.633,30.45 d: 77.4
🇺🇸 Marble Falls -98.283,30.567 d: 79.6
Antipodal to: Fort Hood 82.224,-31.135
🇲🇺 Mahébourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 17293.7
🇲🇺 Centre de Flacq 57.718,-20.2 d: 17283.4
🇲🇺 Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 17272.1
🇲🇺 Rivière du Rempart 57.633,-20.05 d: 17267.1
🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 17269
🇲🇺 St Pierre 57.517,-20.217 d: 17266.4
🇲🇺 Quatre Bornes 57.479,-20.266 d: 17265.9
🇲🇺 Moka 57.496,-20.219 d: 17264.7
🇲🇺 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 57.471,-20.235 d: 17263.3