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Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC) is a public community college with four campuses serving 11 counties in southwest Texas: unincorporated Uvalde County (next to Uvalde and on the site of Garner Field), [2] Del Rio (northwest portion), next to Del Rio International Airport, [3] unincorporated Maverick County (near Eagle Pass), [4] and Crystal City, the seat of Zavala County.
Branch campuses, branded as Rio Grande College, are located in Del Rio, Uvalde, Eagle Pass, and Castroville. [ 11 ] Named for former Texas governor and Confederate general Lawrence Sullivan Ross , the institution was founded in 1917 as Sul Ross Normal College and was made a university in 1969.
Eagle Pass Independent School District is a public school district based in Eagle Pass, Texas . The district's boundaries parallel that of Maverick County. [1] In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]
Eagle Pass is a city in and the county seat of Maverick County, Texas, United States. Its population was 28,130 as of the 2020 census . [ 4 ] Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila , Mexico , which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande river.
For the military use of the airport, see Eagle Pass Army Airfield. Maverick County Memorial International Airport (IATA: EGP, FAA LID: 5T9) is a county-owned public use airport in Maverick County, Texas, United States. It is located eight nautical miles (15 km) north of the central business district of Eagle Pass, Texas. [1]
Amtrak provides passenger rail service to Del Rio station through its combined Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle service. Trains serve the station thrice-weekly in each direction, with direct service to Los Angeles, San Antonio, New Orleans, Chicago, and points in between.
Eagle Pass voted 83–3 against secession from the Union. [5] Fort Duncan was occupied by Confederate troops during the Civil War. Eagle Pass was chosen as a trade depot for the Military Board of Texas. Eagle Pass was a major terminus of the Cotton Road, custom house and Confederate port of entry into Mexico 1863–65.
The Eagle Pass Camino Real Port of Entry (sometimes called "Eagle Pass II") is located on the United States–Mexico border at the Camino Real International Bridge. Built in 1999, it is the location where all commercial vehicles entering Eagle Pass, Texas , from Piedras Negras, Coahuila , are inspected.