Red Ranger, Texas
Unincorporated community
Red Ranger is located in Texas
Red Ranger
Red Ranger
Red Ranger is located in the United States
Red Ranger
Red Ranger
Coordinates: 31°00′24″N 97°10′49″W / 31.00667°N 97.18028°W / 31.00667; -97.18028
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBell
Elevation
440 ft (130 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code254
GNIS feature ID1380424[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. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.

History

The area in what is now known as Red Ranger today was first settled by Czech settlers at the turn of the 20th century, which included John Simek and Ben Lesikar. There were 20 residents and one business in the community in the 1940s. It went down to 15 in 1964 and had several scattered houses. Its population was 12 from 1990 through 2000.[2]

Geography

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]

Education

Red Ranger had its own school in the 1940s.[2] Today, the community is served by the Rogers Independent School District.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Red Ranger, Texas
  2. ^ a b c Odintz, Mark. "Red Ranger, TX". tshaonline.org. Retrieved July 14, 2022.


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