Eola, Texas

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.

Eola, Texas
Unincorporated community
The former Eola school is now a restaurant and brewery.
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Coordinates: 31°23′56″N 100°05′21″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Concho
Elevation [1]	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 ID	1357044[1]

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

• Farm to Market Road 2402
• Texas State Highway Loop 577