Welcome to El Toro ...

El Toro is located on the Gulf Coast.

El Toro is located in Jackson County<1>.

The location of El Toro has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of El Toro, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

El Toro is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: El Toro lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for El Toro: (361)

Communities Also Named El Toro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named El Toro - it's located in California.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for El Toro.

Communities near El Toro ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Toro.

• Victoria
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Victoria is located in Victoria County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,838 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victoria <4>
• Edna
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
  • Edna is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <4>
• Ganado
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ganado have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganado
  • Ganado is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,085 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ganado <4>
• La Ward
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Ward have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Ward
  • La Ward is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Ward <4>
• Inez
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
  • Inez is located in Victoria County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <4>
• Vanderbilt
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vanderbilt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderbilt
  • Vanderbilt is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vanderbilt <4>
• La Salle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Salle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
  • La Salle is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Salle <4>
• Lolita
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lolita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lolita
  • Lolita is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lolita <4>
• Morales
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
  • Morales is located in Jackson County
• Telferner
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telferner
  • Telferner is located in Victoria County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Telferner <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around El Toro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Toro.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Toro. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around El Toro.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Toro. See our Newspapers Page for El Toro.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Toro ...

Looking for more information about El Toro? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to El Toro, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for El Toro.

Adding El Toro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of El Toro in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for El Toro was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for El Toro.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for El Toro. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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