Red Ranger, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 31°00′24″N97°10′49″W / 31.00667°N 97.18028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Bell |
Elevation | 440 ft (130 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 254 |
GNIS feature ID | 1380424 [1] |
Red Ranger is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 12 in 2000. [2] It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.
The community was founded by Czech settlers around 1900, including John Simek and Ben Lesikar. [2]
Red Ranger is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 437 and 940, 11 mi (18 km) southeast of Temple in eastern Bell County. [2]
Red Ranger had its own school in the 1940s. [2] Today, the community is served by the Rogers Independent School District.