CITY

Official Website:
http://www.templetexas.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.templetx.org/

Population:
54514 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
29-Jun-1881 (founded)

County:
Bell County

Founded 1881 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company.

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sammy Baugh	Football	17-Mar-1914	17-Dec-2008	Redskins QB and charter Hall of Famer
Philip Bobbitt	Author	22-Jul-1948		The Shield of Achilles
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.	Astronaut	26-Jun-1956		First black astronaut to spacewalk
Ted Poe	Politician	13-Oct-1948		Congressman, Texas 2nd
Rip Torn	Actor	6-Feb-1931		Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show

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