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El Paso County
500 East San Antonio
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone: 915-546-2000 |
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El Paso County is the westernmost county in the state of
Texas. As of the 2016 population estimates, there was
837,918, making it the sixth-most populous county in Texas.
Its county seat is El Paso, the sixth-most populous city in
Texas and the 19th-most populous city in the United States.
The county was created in 1850 and later organized in 1871. |
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El Paso is short for "El Paso del Norte" which is Spanish
for "The Pass of the North." It is named for the pass the
Rio Grande creates through the mountains on either side of
the river. This county is north of the Mexican border. |
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El Paso County is included in the El Paso, TX
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Along with Hudspeth County,
it is one of only two counties in the state of Texas to fall
into the Mountain Time Zone, instead of Central Time. It is
one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos
region of West Texas. |
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| El Paso County Courthouse |
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El Paso County Detention Facility |
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El Paso County Coliseum |
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El Paso County Juvenile Detention Center |
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