Fort Hood, Texas

About Fort Hood

Fort Hood, TX is a small unincorporated community located in central Texas.

Officially, Fort Hood is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 19.36 square miles.

📰 Fort Hood News Today

• Fort Hood hosts welcome event for soldiers, families and vets The Killeen Daily Herald · Aug 18
• III Armored Corps, Fort Hood leaders to host Phantom Fury Fight Night KCENTV.com · Aug 18
• Community rallies around families of Fort Hood soldiers killed in Apache crash KCENTV.com · Aug 17
• 2 pilots dead after military helicopter slams into Central Texas field and catches fire CNN · Aug 12
• 2 soldiers killed as Apache helicopter from Fort Hood crashes in Salado, Texas CBS News · Aug 14

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Fort Hood Unique

• The only place in America named Fort Hood — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Texas — one of 1,863 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Easy reach of Killeen (5 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Fort Hood

• Bite the Bagel Deli Cafe (café)
• Menos Mexican Grill — mexican
• Pizza Hut — pizza
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Village Pizza
• 7 Gold Teeth Grillists
• Chili's — tex-mex
• Coffee Beanery (Drive-Thru) — coffee shop (café)
• DFAC
• Freeman Cafe DFAC

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• 1st cav War on Terror · Museum
• 3rd Calvary Museum (Closed) · Museum
• Apache Arts and Crafts Center · Art gallery
• First Calvary Division Museum (Closed) · Museum
• National Mounted Warrior Museum · Museum
• Showcase Room · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fort Hood

• 16th Street Softball Field reviews ★
• 3rd Calvary Display Field reviews ★
• ATV Park reviews ★
• Black Jack Field reviews ★
• Blackhorse Softball Field reviews ★
• Camacho Park reviews ★
• Cameron Field reviews ★
• Clear Creek Park reviews ★
• Cooper Field reviews ★
• Delgado Softball Field reviews ★
• Eagle Nature Preserve reviews ★
• First Calvary Division Display Field reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Fort Hood

• AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE
• CLARKE EL
• CLEAR CREEK EL
• KILLEEN ISD EARLY COLLEGE H S
• MEADOWS EL
• MONTAGUE VILLAGE EL
• OVETA CULP HOBBY EL
• VENABLE VILLAGE EL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Fort Hood

🏘️ Nearby Communities