Property Tax Resources · Eastland County, Texas
West Cross Timbers oil patch and ranch country — Eastland County’s 1.80% effective rate hits owners of modest homes and ranchland harder than the dollar amount suggests.
Sources: Population — U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 estimates; County Debt — Texas Bond Review Board (FY2025)
🔴 2026 Protest Deadline: May 15, 2026 — or 30 days after your Notice of Appraised Value is mailed, whichever is later. Miss this date and you waive your right to protest.
Eastland County sits in the West Cross Timbers of west-central Texas, with the county seat of Eastland home to one of the state’s more unusual historical relics: Old Rip, the horned toad allegedly sealed inside the courthouse cornerstone in 1897 and found alive 31 years later. The county’s economy runs on oil, ranching, and a modest retail corridor — and as rural land values have climbed across West Texas, appraisal increases have followed.
Eastland County’s 1.80% effective rate exceeds the state median and falls on relatively modest median property values. For owners in Cisco, Ranger, and Gorman, who often hold property with values that don’t fully reflect the highest comparable sales, the protest process offers real relief. More than half of Eastland County property owners who protested in recent years achieved a value reduction.
Official CAD site — appraisal notices, exemption applications, and district contact information.
Search your property record, view current appraised value, and verify exemption status.
Eastland County Appraisal District protest procedures, online filing portal, and deadline information for the current year.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for Eastland County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Eastland County — your school district, city, county — must publish its proposed rate and hold a public hearing before adopting any rate exceeding the no-new-revenue rate. These meetings are open. Your voice is on the record.
View Eastland County Tax Rates →| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Eastland County | County | $0.3400/$100 |
| Cisco ISD | School District | $0.6422/$100 |
| Cross Plains ISD | School District | $0.7575/$100 |
| De Leon ISD | School District | $0.8073/$100 |
| Eastland ISD | School District | $0.7869/$100 |
| Gorman ISD | School District | $0.7688/$100 |
| Huckabay ISD | School District | $0.8134/$100 |
| Lingleville ISD | School District | $0.8664/$100 |
| Ranger ISD | School District | $0.6611/$100 |
| Rising Star ISD | School District | $0.7552/$100 |
2025 adopted rates per Texas Comptroller Tax Rates & Levies (source). City, MUD, college and other special-district rates may also apply depending on your parcel. Your total depends on which districts your property falls in — verify current rates at your county appraisal district.
What your Notice means and exactly what to do — and by when — after it arrives.
How the Texas homestead exemption lowers your taxable value, including recent changes.
When a property tax consultant is worth it for protesting your appraisal.
Lesser-known special valuations that can cut the taxable value of qualifying land.
The state office that oversees appraisal districts and protects taxpayers.
Who sets your county’s values and why that role matters to your bill.
Search your account at eastlandcad.org. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File online, by mail, or in person at Eastland County Appraisal District: 101 W. Main St., Ste. 101, Eastland, TX 76448. Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice was mailed.
Recent sales of comparable properties, your purchase price, photos of condition issues, and repair estimates all strengthen your case.
Before your ARB hearing, a CAD appraiser may offer to settle. Review any offer carefully before accepting — you can accept or proceed to the formal hearing.
The Appraisal Review Board is independent of the CAD. Present your evidence clearly and concisely. Most hearings run 15–30 minutes.
Disagree with the ARB ruling? You may appeal to district court, binding arbitration, or SOAH (properties over $1 million).
“No person’s particular services shall be demanded, nor property taken or applied to public use, unless by the consent of himself or his representative, without just compensation being made therefor.”
— Section 13, Declaration of Rights, Republic of Texas, 1836Eastland County has known boom and bust — the oil derrick went up here in the 1910s and the town of Ranger nearly became a city before the wells ran dry. What stayed was the land, the ranches, the families who built their lives in the Cross Timbers. The Republic’s founders were thinking of exactly that kind of ownership when they wrote that no property shall be taken without consent and just compensation. When your appraised value climbs faster than the market justifies — when school boards and city councils adopt rates without adequate public scrutiny — that principle is being tested. Look up your value. File your protest. Show up to the hearings. Eastland County belongs to the people who live and work here.
