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Texas towns grow past 10 000 in census surge linked to Army posts
Weatherford Copperas Cove and nearby counties join Texas cities exceeding 10 000 population as preliminary 1960-70 census figures show gains driven by Fort Hood and related defense work. Killeen Temple and other Bell and McLennan County towns post varied shifts while Runnels Coleman and Concho counties show declines or modest changes.
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Asociated Press
Weatherford
Copperas Cove
Texas
Ft. Hood
Bob Ford
Waco
Killeen
Coryell County
Temple
Ft. Wolters
Parker County
Bell County
Ford
Mistriot
John Vandagriff
Bell
Brownwood
Brown County
Somervell
Cleburne
Stephenville
West Texas
Coleman County
Runnels
Austin Superhighway
Eastland County