Facts About Eagle
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The city of Eagle came to be when gold was discovered there in 1862. The township was first farmed by Truman Catlin and Polete Mace.
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The city has a total area of 29.40 square miles, of which 28.92 square miles is land and 0.48 square miles is water.
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The 2008 NBC reality television show The Baby Borrowers was filmed in Eagle. Eagle also served as a filming location for the 1980 film Bronco Billy
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Eagle is located at 43°41′35″N 116°20′47″W, at an elevation of 2,566 feet above sea level.
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In October 2001, the Eagle Museum of History and Preservation was opened.
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In 1877, a man named Thomas Hugh Aikens bought land on the north and south sides of the Boise River.
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The estimated population of Eagle is 26,514, as of 2019.
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Eagle is located in Ada County, which was founded in 1864.
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This region experiences warm to hot, dry summers, and cold, dry winters, with summer high temperatures averaging 85 °F and winter low temperatures averaging 25.6 °F.
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In 1904, Aikens and retired teamster John Carpenter decided to plat and sell fifteen acres to the town for development. Shortly after, the township was officially named Eagle.
