Welcome to El Paso ...The city of El Paso is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). El Paso is located in El Paso County<1> and is the County Seat for El Paso County. The community of El Paso was established in 1659. When the people of El Paso refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use El Pasoan<2> See our Genealogy Helper Page for El Paso for more information about variations on the name of El Paso. From the Census Estimates for 2019, El Paso has a population of 680,028 people<3> (see below for details). El Paso is 3,890 feet [1,186 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of El Paso is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: El Paso lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave El Paso and travel west, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Code for El Paso: 915 The ZIP codes for El Paso: 79835, 79901-79908, 79910-79918, 79920, 79922-79932, 79934-79938, 79940-79955, 79958, 79960-79961, 79968, 79976, 79978, 79980, 79995-79999, 88510-88521, 88523-88536, 88538-88550, 88553-88563, 88565-88590, 88595<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, El Paso had an population of 680,028 people. This is an increase of 4.76% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 20.64% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, El Paso had a population of 649,121 people (or 431.69% of the total population of El Paso County). This makes El Paso the county's most populous community. The population of El Paso represents 2.58% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 6th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 649,121 people, the population of El Paso increased 15.16% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 563,662 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for El Paso. Communities Also Named El Paso ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named El Paso - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri (2), North Carolina and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for El Paso. Websites for El Paso ...Official Website: www.elpasotexas.gov/ Junior League: www.jlep.org/ Communities near El Paso ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Paso.
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 Paso. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Paso. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Paso. 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 Paso. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Paso. Our list includes 78 papers. See our Newspapers Page for El Paso. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Paso ...Looking for more information about El Paso? 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 Paso, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for El Paso. Adding El Paso to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of El Paso 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 (so far) for El Paso was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for El Paso. Footnotes ...
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