List of Texas County Seat Name Etymologies

County Seat	County	Named for
Eagle Pass	Maverick	A ford called El Paso del Águila from eagles who nested in a grove beside the mouth of the nearby Río Escondido
Eastland	Eastland	Its location in Eastland County
Edinburg	Hidalgo	Settler John Young's hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland
Edna	Jackson	A daughter of Count Joseph Telfener, an Italian entrepreneur who was building a railroad from Richmond, Texas, to Brownsville
El Paso	El Paso	El Paso del Norte, "The North Pass," the former Spanish name of nearby modern Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Eldorado	Schleicher	The mythical city of El Dorado
Emory	Rains	Rains County, which was named for Emory Rains, an early legislator and surveyor of the area