Eastland County is a county in Texas, United States, on Interstate 20 between Abilene and Fort Worth. It had a population of 17,725 at the 2020 census and covers 931 square miles (2,411 km2) centred near 32°20′N 98°50′W.<\/p>\n
Eastland is the county seat, and its postal code is 76448. The county has four incorporated cities, two towns, and more than a dozen smaller unincorporated communities. It sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Eastland County’s settlements range from four incorporated cities along I-20 to small ranching communities scattered across the surrounding countryside. CDP\/Unincorp. below marks places without their own city government.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastland<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 3,609<\/td>\n | 76448<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cisco<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 3,883<\/td>\n | 76437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ranger<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 76470<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gorman<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 76454<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rising Star<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 76471<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Carbon<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 76435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Desdemona<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 76445<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Olden<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 76466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Morton Valley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nimrod<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Romney<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kokomo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pioneer<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pleasant Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Scranton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Staff<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tiffin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Union Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sabanno<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Punkin Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mangum<\/td>\n | Unincorp. (ghost town)<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Two old scrape entries were dropped as unverifiable: “Chuckville” and “Mitchell” turn up no independent corroboration as Eastland County place names and were not carried forward.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nSmaller unincorporated places such as Morton Valley, Nimrod, Kokomo, and Scranton have no ZIP code of their own and use the code of the nearest post office town.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nEastland County sits in the Cross Timbers region of central West Texas, a rolling landscape of oak-dotted grassland and mesquite prairie. Land makes up 926 square miles of the county’s area, with 5.4 square miles of water. The county borders Stephens County to the north, Palo Pinto County to the northeast, Erath County to the east, Comanche County to the southeast, Brown County to the south, Callahan County to the west, and Shackelford County to the northwest.<\/p>\n Links: Stephens County<\/a> (north), Palo Pinto County (northeast), Erath County (east), Comanche County<\/a> (southeast), Brown County<\/a> (south), Callahan County (west), and Shackelford County (northwest).<\/p>\n The 2020 census counted 17,725 residents in Eastland County. Cisco (3,883) and Eastland (3,609) are the two largest communities. Median household income in the county runs below the Texas median of $75,780, typical of a rural West Texas county with an agricultural and light-industrial economy. Population density is about 19 people per square mile.<\/p>\n Cattle ranching, oil and gas production, and small manufacturing drive the county economy, alongside two community colleges — Cisco College in Cisco and Ranger College in Ranger — that anchor the local job base and bring in students from across the region. Eastland, the seat, hosts county government offices and the Eastland County Courthouse on the town square.<\/p>\n Eastland County was created by the Texas Legislature in 1858 and formally organized in 1873. It is named for William Mosby Eastland, a soldier in the Texas Revolution who was the only officer executed in the 1843 “Black Bean” episode of the Mier Expedition, a Mexican reprisal against Texan prisoners. In March 2022, a wildfire complex burned roughly 42,000 acres across the county, one of the largest fire events in its recent history.<\/p>\n Interstate 20 runs the length of the county east to west, with US 183 and State Highways 6, 16, and 112 connecting the smaller communities.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Abilene Regional Airport.<\/p>\n Where is Eastland County?<\/strong> What is the population of Eastland County?<\/strong> How big is Eastland County?<\/strong> What is the Eastland County seat?<\/strong> How many towns and cities are in Eastland County?<\/strong> |