Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about El Paso came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of El Paso in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about El Paso. We hope that they will be useful to you.

El Paso is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

From that list:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for El Paso:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, a Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

El Paso was listed as El Paso Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

We found El Paso in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for El Paso for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for El Paso. See our Misc Page for El Paso for more information.

Railroad Mentions of El Paso:

El Paso was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1908)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

The Texas & Pacific Railroad Employees' Time Table #49 (May 1939)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for El Paso: www.elpasotexas.gov/

The official website for El Paso County: www.epcounty.com/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/