Welcome to Eagle Ford ...
Eagle Ford is located Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Eagle Ford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858. A typical abbreviation for Eagle Ford: Eagle Frd. Eagle Ford is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Eagle Ford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Eagle Ford. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Eagle Ford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Eagle Ford. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Eagle Ford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle Ford. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Ford. See our Newspapers Page for Eagle Ford. Looking for more information about Eagle Ford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Eagle Ford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Eagle Ford. We originally found mention of Eagle Ford in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Eagle Ford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Eagle Ford in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Eagle Ford.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eagle Ford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/Communities near Eagle Ford ...
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X2X - From that list, the Eagle Ford post office opened in 1858.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Eagle Ford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <4> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/