Business is booming in Killeen (population 127,000 (2010 Census)), which has prospered for more than a hundred years since its founding in 1882 by the Santa Fe Railroad to serve as a shipping station for cotton and cattle. Killeen is located in one of the fastest-growing economic corridors in the nation - an hour’s drive from Austin, three hours from San Antonio, four hours from Houston and three from Dallas. Several airlines provide service to and from the Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK). Killeen is the home of Fort Hood, the Army’s premiere military installation.