Copperas Cove, Texas

Coryell County

48-16624

Copperas Cove is a city of Coryell County and is located in the state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The distance to the eastern cities of Killeen and Fort Hood is 10 or 15 kilometers. 80 km northeast lies Waco, 80 kilometers south of Austin. The main thoroughfare U.S. Highway 190 runs through the town. Since the area is mountainous, Copperas Cove also City of Five Hills calls.

History

First residents requested the authorities in 1879 their settlement to establish a post office and a retail store under the name Cove. This was not approved because a place of the same name near already existed. Then the name Coperas Cove was registered as mineral springs were present in the vicinity, but changed in 1901 to the now valid Copperas Cove. With the connection to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway is the place experienced an economic boom. After the first inhabitants had initially lived mainly from agriculture, the Fort Hood military base is the main employer today.

The list of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in Coryell County, as well as the National Register of Historic Places also run the Copperas Cove Stage Stop and Post Office on under the ID number 79,002,928.

Demographics

In 2011, a population of 32 155 individuals was determined, which represents an increase of 8.7 % over the year 2000. The average age of the residents was 29.0 years in 2011 with very significantly below the average of Texas, which was 40.8 years.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Charles Tillman, American football player.