Official Name: | Red Ranger, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Red Ranger |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bell |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 440 |
Coordinates: | 31.0067°N -97.1803°W |
Area Code: | 254 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1380424 |
Red Ranger is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. 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.
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.[1]
Red Ranger is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 437 and 940, 11miles southeast of Temple in eastern Bell County.[1]
Red Ranger had its own school in the 1940s.[1] Today, the community is served by the Rogers Independent School District.