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El Paso County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
71historic places
—earliest paper
1850formed
865,657pop. 2020
8cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 71 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near El Paso, Socorro, Fort Bliss.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse El Paso titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

34 of 71 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

71 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abdou BuildingEl PasoBuilding1980
Bassett, O. T., TowerEl PasoBuilding1980
Caples, Richard, BuildingEl PasoBuilding1980
Castner Range Archeological DistrictEl PasoDistrict1976
Chamizal National MemorialEl PasoDistrict1974
Colmenero, Damacio, SiteEl PasoSite2025
Doyle, Sgt., SiteEl PasoSite1977
El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1El PasoDistrict1997
El Paso High SchoolEl PasoBuilding1980
El Paso Natural Gas Company (Blue Flame) BuildingEl PasoBuilding2018
El Paso US CourthouseEl PasoBuilding2001
El Paso Union Passenger StationEl PasoBuilding1975
First Mortage Company BuildingEl PasoBuilding1978
Fort Bliss Main Post Historic DistrictEl PasoDistrict1998
Fort Bliss National CemeteryFort BlissDistrict2016
Franklin CanalEl PasoStructure1992
Fusselman Canyon Rock Art DistrictEl PasoDistrict1976
Granillo, Trinidad, SiteEl PasoSite2025
Hills, W. S., Commercial StructureEl PasoBuilding1980
Hot Well Archeological SiteEl PasoSite1976
Hotel CortezEl PasoBuilding1980
Hotel Paso del NorteEl PasoBuilding1979
House at 912 Magoffin AvenueEl PasoBuilding2003
Hueco TanksEl PasoSite1971
Hueco Tanks NHLEl PasoSite
Kress BuildingEl PasoBuilding2022
Magoffin Historic DistrictEl PasoDistrict2016
Magoffin HomesteadEl PasoBuilding1971
Manhattan Heights Historic DistrictEl PasoDistrict1980
Marrujo HouseEl PasoBuilding2025
Martin BuildingEl PasoBuilding1984
Mesa Pump PlantEl PasoBuilding2009
Mills BuildingEl PasoBuilding2011
Mission Socorro Archeological SiteSocorroSite1993
Montana Avenue Historic DistrictEl PasoDistrict2004
Na Hlu Hli Tui (Old Village)El PasoSite2023
Newberry, J. J., CompanyEl PasoBuilding1980
Northgate SiteEl PasoSite1972
Old Bnai Zion SynagogueEl PasoBuilding1984
Old Fort BlissEl PasoSite1972
Old San Francisco Historic DistrictEl PasoDistrict1985
Palace TheatreEl PasoBuilding1980
Patterson ApartmentsEl PasoBuilding2022
Plaza HotelEl PasoBuilding1980
Plaza TheatreEl PasoBuilding1987
Popular Department StoreEl PasoBuilding1980
Presidio Chapel of San ElizarioSan ElizarioBuilding1972
Quarters Number 1Fort BlissBuilding1987
Ray Sherman PlaceEl PasoDistrict2019
Rio Grande Avenue Historic DistrictEl PasoDistrict1999
Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center NHLSocorroDistrict
Rio Vista Farm Historic DistrictSocorroDistrict1996
Roberts-Banner BuildingEl PasoBuilding1980
Salida de los Santos SiteEl PasoSite2025
San Elizario Historic DistrictSan ElizarioDistrict1997
Segundo Barrio Historic DistrictEl PasoDistrict2021
Silver Dollar CafeEl PasoBuilding1986
Singer Sewing CompanyEl PasoBuilding1980
Socorro MissionSocorroBuilding1972
State National BankEl PasoBuilding1980
Sunset Heights Historic DistrictEl PasoDistrict1988
Tays PlaceEL PasoDistrict2019
Toltec ClubEl PasoBuilding1979
Trost, Henry C., HouseEl PasoBuilding1976
U.S. Post OfficeEl PasoBuilding1984
White House Department Store and Hotel McCoyEl PasoBuilding1980
Women's ClubEl PasoBuilding1979
Ysleta MissionYsletaBuilding1972
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Hueco Mountain PropertyEl PasoSite2025
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Iye-Kitu (Corn Village) Housing DistrictEl PasoDistrict2025
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tuhla DistrictEl PasoDistrict2025

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

El Paso was formed in 1850 (1850-01-03) from unknown / original county.

EL PASO created from Non-County Area 16; included territory in present New Mexico and Texas.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

El Paso County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

866k435k3,6711860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,0513,84524,886101,877131,067194,968314,070479,899679,622865,657

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Chamizal National MemorialPark unit20.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

8 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed
NameLatLon
Canutillo Cemetery31.91677-106.59527
Concordia Cemetery31.7802-106.44654
Evergreen Cemetery31.77319-106.43976
Fabens Cemetery31.51442-106.15709
Fort Bliss National Cemetery31.82309-106.42439
Rest Lawn Cemetery31.86205-106.4311
San Elizario Cemetery31.60251-106.27254
San Lorenzo Cemetery31.59484-106.20637
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Corpus Christi de la Isleta31.69844-106.32498

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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