Ding Dong, Texas facts for kids

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Unincorporated community
Entrance to Ding Dong Dell in the community of Ding Dong
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Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Bell County, Texas
Founded	1930s
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	1356032

Ding Dong is an unincorporated community in Central Texas. It is situated on the Lampasas River, eight miles south of Killeen in southwestern Bell County.

In the early 1930s a man named Zulius Bell and his nephew Bert Bell operated a country store along the Lampasas River in central Texas. They hired the artist C.C. Hoover to make a sign for it. The finished sign had two bells on it with the Zulius in one and Bert in the other. In addition to the bells, Hoover lettered the words Ding Dong. As the community grew around the country store, it took on the name 'Ding Dong'. This community has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.