Community

Welcome to Eagle Lake

Eagle Lake is a rural community located in southeast Colorado County, on U.S. Highway 90A, about 60 miles west of Houston, 140 east of San Antonio and 100 miles southeast of Austin.

Highways serving the community are U.S. 90A, and Texas FM 102, FM 3013 and FM 1093, and 12 miles to the north is Interstate 10.

• Population is an estimated 3,739; about 2.79 square miles; six acres of water
• Rice is the major crop; however, cotton, grains, and cattle production are also important to the economy.
• Hunting & Ecotourism
• Sand/gravel mines around Eagle Lake supply the materials for construction to a large part of SE TX.
• About 10,000 commercial trucks drive through Eagle Lake daily.
• There are dozens Historical Markers in Eagle Lake
• Eagle Lake Commercial District is on the National Register