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Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
Eola, Texas
Unincorporated community
The former Eola school is now a restaurant and brewery.The former Eola school is now a restaurant and brewery.
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Coordinates: 31°23′56″N 100°05′21″W / 31.39889°N 100.08917°W / 31.39889; -100.08917
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyConcho
Elevation1,808 ft (551 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code76937
Area code325
GNIS feature ID1357044

Eola is an unincorporated community in northwestern Concho County in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 218 in 2000.

History

On May 14, 1995, an F0 tornado struck Eola.

Eola is home to the Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum.

Geography

Eola is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 381 and 765 on Dry Hollow, 13 mi (21 km) southwest of Paint Rock and 21 mi (34 km) east of San Angelo in northwestern Concho County.

Education

Eola School remained open in 1963. Today, the community is served by the Eden Consolidated Independent School District.

The former Eola Independent School District building is now a restaurant and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Media

In 1981, Television station KLST (then known as KCT) started work on a transmitter located near Eola.

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eola, Texas
  2. "Eola ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. Tornado History Project - Storm Data for May 14, 1995
  4. "Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum". Texas Time Travel. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "Eola, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  6. Eola, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  7. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/05001458
  8. Lee, Renee (September 1, 1981). "TV executive says tube 'titillating'". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. p. 2B. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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