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El Paso Metropolitan Area
The El Paso metropolitan area, officially the El Paso metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – El Paso and (since 2013) Hudspeth – in far West Texas, anchored by the city of El Paso. As of the 2020 United States census, the MSA had a population of 868,859. The El Paso MSA forms part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area, with a total population of 1,088,420 as of the 2020 United States Census. Counties * El Paso * Hudspeth Communities Incorporated places * Town of Anthony * Town of Clint * Dell City * City of El Paso * City of Horizon City * City of Socorro * Village of Vinton Census-designated places ''Note: All census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabens, Texas
Fabens is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 8,257 at the 2010 census. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Codes encompassing the CDP area are 79836 and 79838. Fabens is the birthplace of jockey Bill Shoemaker. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.52%, is water. Fabens is approximately southeast of El Paso along the Rio Grande and Interstate Highway 10. Most visitors only stop for short periods of time to eat at one of the several restaurants or stay overnight in the hotel. History The city name of Fabens comes from attorney George Wilson Fabens, who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He was the assistant land commissioner for the Southern Pacific Lines in Texas and Louisiana. As the railroad was being built, new towns were named after railroad officers. Film location In April 1972, Fabens served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canutillo, Texas
Canutillo is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,321 at the 2010 census. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Codes encompassing the CDP area are 79835 and 79932. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.56%, is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,212 people, 1,549 households, and 1,158 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 5,129 people, 1,479 households, and 1,248 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,602 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.78% White, 0.60% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 4.46% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 89.88% of the population. There were 1,479 ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfield, Texas
Butterfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 100 at the 2020 census. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code encompassing the CDP area is 79938. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 61 people, 18 households, and 14 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 19.3 people per square mile (7.5/km2). There were 21 housing units at an average density of 6.6/sq mi (2.6/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.25% White, 6.56% from other races, and 8.20% from two or more races. There were 18 households, out of which 50.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 22.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agua Dulce, El Paso County, Texas
Agua Dulce (Spanish: "sweet water", i.e. fresh water, ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,218 at the 2020 census. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code encompassing the CDP area is 79928. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the Agua Dulce CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics Agua Dulce first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. Census. 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,218 people, 616 households, and 495 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 738 people, 179 households, and 158 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 233 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.08% White, 1.76% African American, 0.68% Native American, 7.45% from other races, and 2.03% from two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinton, Texas
Vinton is a village in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,684 at the 2020 census. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Native Americans inhabited the site of Vinton before the arrival of the Spaniards, who made it a stopping place along the Camino Real, the road from El Paso to Santa Fe, which passed along the east bank of the Rio Grande through what is now Vinton. In Spanish and Mexican colonial times, it was known as La Salinera, from the salt cedars which grew there in abundance; when the area passed to the United States after the US-Mexican War, this water stop became known as Cottonwood, and was located in the northern part of Vinton along the river, 22 miles from El Paso. In 1857, it was used by the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and from 1858 to 1861 by the Butterfield Overland Mail, that had a stage station called Cottonwood Station, located 22 miles from El Paso and 25 miles from Fort Fillmore up river in New Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socorro, Texas
Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso, and on the border of Mexico. El Paso adjoins it on the west and the smaller city of San Elizario on the southeast; small unincorporated areas of El Paso County separate it from the nearby municipalities of Horizon City to the north and Clint to the east. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 34,306. By the 2010 census, the number had grown to 32,013. As of July 1, 2019, the population estimate for the city from the U.S. Census was 34,370. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is El Paso County's second-largest municipality, after El Paso. It has a council-manager type of government with five city council members. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of , or 0.10%, is covered by water. History Socorro was established in 1680 by local Manso and Piro Indians f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horizon City, Texas
Horizon City is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 22,489, reflecting an increase of 5,754 from the 16,735 counted in the 2010 Census. History The city, incorporated by referendum on October 22, 1988, takes its name from the real-estate development corporation that developed it as a planned community beginning in the early 1960s, the Horizon Corporation. The Horizon Corporation bought up large tracts of land in the southwestern United States, including eastern El Paso County, platted them into subdivisions, and sold lots in them to thousands of people worldwide, often sight unseen, often without access to water or utilities and using questionable sales tactics, between 1962 and 1975. Eventually, the Federal Trade Commission stepped in to stop it in 1981. Only one portion of the development was successful, the area around the intersection of Horizon Boulevard ( Farm to Market Road 1281) and Kenazo Street; this b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dell City, Texas
Dell City is a city in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. The population was 365 at the time of the 2010 census, down from 413 at the time of the 2000 census. The population is now at 245 by the 2020 census. It is near the former location of Paulville, a failed Ron Paul-inspired Libertarian cooperative and planned community. The city was incorporated in 1948, shortly after the discovery of an underground water supply by oil prospectors, which attracted farmers to the area. Its name is a reference to the nursery rhyme " The Farmer in the Dell." History Dell City was established in 1948, HTML preview/ref> as an aquifer had been found in the area. Settlers came from other areas of Texas and New Mexico. It developed into being a farming town. The community had about 500 people in the 1950s. Alternate link- Alternate version:Dell City, Texas: Ghost town in the making?(with Mark R. Lambie) In 2012, Jeanne Catsoulis of ''The New York Times'' described Dell City as "a borderli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
