Eagle Pass, Texas | |
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| Nicknames: El Aguilón El Paso del Águila Illegal Pass | |
 Location of Eagle Pass, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 28°42′38″N 100°29′22″W / 28.71056°N 100.48944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Maverick |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council | Mayor Rolando Salinas Elias Diaz William "Billy" Davis Yolanda Ramon |
| • City Manager | George Antuna |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.49 sq mi (24.58 km2) |
| • Land | 9.42 sq mi (24.40 km2) |
| • Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
| Elevation | 732 ft (223 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 28,130 |
| • Density | 3,150.83/sq mi (1,216.59/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 78852-78853 |
| Area code | 830 |
| FIPS code | 48-21892[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1356538[2] |
| Website | www |
Eagle Pass is a city in and the county seat of Maverick County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 28,130 as of the 2020 census.[4]
Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande. The Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras metropolitan area (EP-PN) is one of six binational metropolitan areas along the United States-Mexican border. [citation needed] According to the 2020 Census, the Eagle Pass Micropolitan Area population was 57,887 people, and the Piedras Negras Metropolitan Area population was 209,456 inhabitants.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eagle Pass, Texas
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Explore Census Data".