Eola, Texas

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Eola, Texas
Unincorporated community
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The former Eola school is now a restaurant and brewery.
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Eola
Location within the state of Texas
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Eola
Eola (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°23′56″N100°05′21″W / 31.39889°N 100.08917°W / 31.39889; -100.08917
Country United States
State Texas
County Concho
Elevation
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1,808 ft (551 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
76937 [2]
Area code 325
GNIS feature ID1357044 [1]

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.

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History

On May 14, 1995, an F0 tornado struck Eola. [3]

Eola is home to the Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum. [4]

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. [5]

Education

Eola School remained open in 1963. [6] Today, the community is served by the Eden Consolidated Independent School District.

The former Eola Independent School District building is now a restaurant [5] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [7]

Media

In 1981, Television station KLST (then known as KCT) started work on a transmitter located near Eola. [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 [ usurped ]
  4. ↑ "Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum". Texas Time Travel. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Eola, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ Eola, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  7. ↑ NPGallery. Digital Asset Management System. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  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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