Eagle Pass (Texas)
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![Maverick County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP with No. 80004141 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Maverick_County,_Texas,_Courthouse_IMG_1714.JPG) Maverick County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP with number 80004141 |
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| Location of Eagle Pass in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1850 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Maverick County |
| Coordinates : | 28 ° 43 ′ N , 100 ° 29 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 26,248 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,367.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 19.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 19.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 223 m |
| Postcodes : | 78852-78853 |
| Area code : | +1 830 |
| FIPS : | 48-21892 |
| GNIS ID : | 1356538 |
| Website : | www.eaglepasstx.us |
| Mayor : | Chad Foster |
Eagle Pass is a city in Maverick County in the US state of Texas and the seat of the county seat . Eagle Pass is located on the Rio Grande (Spanish: Río Bravo del Norte ), which forms the border with Mexico and is connected by the Eagle Pass – Piedras Negras International Bridge with the opposite Piedras Negras in the Mexican state of Coahuila .
history
Eagle Pass was the first American community on the Rio Grande. In 1871 Maverick County was established and Eagle Pass was made the seat of county government.
On April 24, 2007, a tornado hit the city, killing people and causing great damage. He paralyzed public life for a week.
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 3536 | - | |
| 1920 | 5765 | 63% | |
| 1930 | 5059 | -12.2% | |
| 1940 | 6459 | 27.7% | |
| 1950 | 7276 | 12.6% | |
| 1960 | 12.094 | 66.2% | |
| 1970 | 15,364 | 27% | |
| 1980 | 21,407 | 39.3% | |
| 1990 | 20,651 | -3.5% | |
| 2000 | 22,413 | 8.5% | |
| 2010 | 26,248 | 17.1% | |
| 1910-2000, 2010 | |||
sons and daughters of the town
- Louis Lane (1926-2016), conductor
- Patric Schmid (1944–2005), founder of the record label “Opera Rara”, which promoted rarities in music theater, was born in Eagle Pass.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
Web links
Commons : Eagle Pass, Texas - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files
- Eagle Pass in the Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
- "Eagle Pass Daily" website of the local newspaper (English and Spanish)
- Current statistics on Eagle Pass of city data (Engl.)