Eagle Pass, city, seat of Maverick County, southwestern Texas, on the Río Grande, opposite Piedras Negras, Mexico; incorporated 1908. The city is a port of entry, a tourist center, and a commercial hub for an agricultural area. In 1849, Fort Duncan was built here, near the site known as El Paso de Águila (“eagle pass”). During the American Civil War, Confederate troops occupied the fort, which later housed many U.S. soldiers at the time of the Mexican Revolution (1910-20). Population 21,407 (1980); 20,651 (1990); 22,413 (2000).
