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Welcome to Fort Bliss ...

Fort Bliss is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Fort Bliss is located in El Paso County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Bliss, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Bliss: Ft. Bliss

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

Note: If you travel west from Fort Bliss (for example, toward Sunland Park (NM)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Fort Bliss: 915

The ZIP codes for Fort Bliss: 79906, 79908, 79916, 79918<2>

Communities near Fort Bliss ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Bliss.

  • El Paso
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Socorro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Horizon City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunland Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Anthony
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • San Elizario
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Anthony
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Vinton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clint
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Clint is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clint <3>
  • Smelter Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Smelter Town is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Bliss ...

Looking for more information about Fort Bliss? 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 Fort Bliss, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Bliss.

Adding Fort Bliss to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Bliss in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fort Bliss was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Bliss.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including El Paso, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 community (such as Fort Bliss). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Fort Bliss or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.