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Eagle Pass is a city in Maverick County, Texas. The population was 22,413 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Maverick County. Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, to the south across the Rio Grande river. The Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras Metropolitan Area (EG-PN) is one of six bi-national metropolitan areas along the United States-Mexican border. As of January 2008 (United States Census, 2008), the Eagle Pass Metropolitan Area's population is 48,401 people, and the Piedras Negras Metropolitan Area's population is 169,771 people. Eagle Pass was the first United States settlement on the Rio Grande. A temporary camp for a Texas militia was established in the area to stop illegal trade with Mexico during the Mexican-American War. The United States Army established Fort Duncan in 1849 a couple of miles upstream from the camp, and trade flourished under the protection of the fortification. In 1850, Rick Pawless opened a trading post called Eagle Pass. In 1871, Maverick County was established and Eagle Pass was named the county seat. General William Leslie Cazneau (1807-1876) was the founder of Eagle Pass, Texas townsite in the 1840s. http://www.cityofeaglepass.com/