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El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the route ' or ' the pass ') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, [5] making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. [8]
Further west, a settlement on Coons' Rancho called Franklin became the nucleus of El Paso, Texas. El Paso County was established in March 1850, with San Elizario as the first county seat. The United States Senate fixed a boundary between Texas and New Mexico at the thirty-second parallel, thus largely ignoring history and topography.
1888 - El Paso del Norte renamed "Juárez" in honor of Benito Juárez. [1] leaving El Paso, Texas the sole El Paso. 1889 – McGinty Club active. [9] 1890 – Population: 10,338. 1892 – Santa Fe Street bridge built. [6] 1895 – El Paso Public Library founded. [10] 1898 - Zion Lutheran Church is established. It is the first Lutheran Church in ...
El Paso County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 865,657, [1] making it the ninth-most populous county in the state of Texas.
The Texas Eighth Court of Appeals is located in downtown El Paso. [3] The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, sitting in El Paso, is located in downtown. The years 2011–2012 mark the first survey–census ever conducted for Downtown El Paso, which identified key demographics and now benchmarks to move downtown ...
The El Paso Museum of History is a museum located in downtown El Paso, Texas which presents information about the past 400 years of history in the United States/Mexico border region. The museum has over 16,000 feet of exhibition space. [ 1 ]
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The El Paso Symphony was established in the 1930s, it is the oldest performing arts organization in El Paso and the longest continuously running symphony orchestra in the state of Texas. [16] It has received both national and international recognition as a result of its very successful tours of Germany in 1996 and Turkey in 2000, and continues ...