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Welcome to El Campo ...

The city of El Campo is located on the Gulf Coast.

El Campo is located in Wharton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of El Campo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, El Campo has a population of 11,563 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of El Campo is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for El Campo: 979

The ZIP code for El Campo: 77437<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, El Campo had an population of 11,563 people. This is a decrease of 0.34% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 5.65% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, El Campo had a population of 11,602 people (or 28.1% of the total population of Wharton County). This makes El Campo the county's most populous community.

The population of El Campo represents 0.05% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 194th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 11,602 people, the population of El Campo increased 6% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 10,945 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for El Campo.

Communities Also Named El Campo ...

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

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

Websites for El Campo ...

Official Website:   www.ci.el-campo.tx.us/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.elcampochamber.com/

Communities near El Campo ...

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

  • Wharton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ganado
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillje
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillje
    • Hillje is located in Wharton County
  • Pierce
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Pierce is located in Wharton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierce <5>
  • Mackay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mackay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay
    • Mackay is located in Wharton County
  • Hahn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahn
    • Hahn is located in Wharton County
  • Danevang
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danevang have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danevang
    • Danevang is located in Wharton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danevang <5>
  • Louise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Flora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Egypt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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 Campo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Campo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Campo. 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 Campo.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Campo. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for El Campo.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Campo ...

Looking for more information about El Campo? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for El Campo, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for El Campo.

Adding El Campo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of El Campo 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 Campo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the El Campo post office opened in 1890.

We also found El Campo mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wharton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for El Campo.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around El Campo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as El Campo). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether El Campo or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/