El Paso
a city, port of entry, and county-seat of El Paso co., Tex.; on the Rio Grande, and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, the Texas and Pacific, El Paso and Southwestern, and the Mexican Central railroads: 712 miles N. W. of Austin. The pass El Paso del Norte, the principal thoroughfare between Mexico and New Mexico which is a customs port through the mountains, is near the city, port. It is opposite Ciudad Juarez, the N. terminus of the Mexican Central railroad in Mexico, across the Rio Grande. Among the notable public buildings are the high school, County Court House, and the Federal Building. The State School of Mines is located here. El Paso has 3 National banks, daily and weekly newspapers, ore smelting establishments, and varied manufactures, and carries on an extensive grain trade. It is a noted health resort for victims of lung trouble.
Pop. (1910) 39,279; (1920) 77,560.