An area resident, John Mathews, is said to have suggested "Eagle Point" as the name for a proposed post office in the community.

[8] A water-powered gristmill, Butte Creek Mill, has operated in Eagle Point for more than 125 years.

On May 15, 2016, Actor Jim Belushi performed at an outdoor benefit concert for the Butte Creek Mill.

In 2018, Eagle Point Police Officer Daniel Cardenas shot and killed Matthew Graves.

According to attorneys Kelly L. Anderson and David Linthorst, the “arrest” of Graves on mere suspicion alone is not grounds to detain him.

“After making an unlawful arrest,” attorneys said, “Cardenas compounded the problem by using excessive force.

Cardenas also made multiple discrepancies during his Grand Jury testimony which went against his protest of innocence.

[11] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.96 square miles (7.67 km2), all of it land.

Little Butte Creek, a tributary of the Rogue River, passes through Eagle Point and enters the larger stream a few miles to the west near TouVelle State Recreation Site and Upper and Lower Table Rock.

[13] This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C).