El Lago is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States.

[4] El Lago has particular historical significance, as it sits on the site of one of the main hide-outs for the French pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte.

[5][6] The city of El Lago was established in 1961 and over the years has been home to at least 47 astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon; Buzz Aldrin, the lunar module pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission and the second person to walk on the Moon; Jim Lovell, the command module pilot of Apollo 8 (making him one of the first three humans to fly to the Moon) and commander of the Apollo 13 mission; Story Musgrave, veteran of six Space Shuttle flights on five different orbiters; and Peggy Whitson, who in 2017 became the first female astronaut to command the International Space Station.

Many houses in the neighborhood were custom built specifically for the astronauts and their families.

There is a pavilion named for Dr. Ellen Ochoa, a former astronaut and director of Johnson Space Center.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,090 people, 1,042 households, and 768 families residing in the city.

[12] The Lakeview Police Department serves El Lago and Taylor Lake Village.

The portion of Clear Creek ISD in Harris County (and therefore El Lago) is assigned to San Jacinto College.

[23] Harris County Precinct 2 operates the Bay Area Community Center at 5002 NASA Road 1 in nearby Pasadena.