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History · Prado Verde

Half of Prado Verde’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Prado Verde was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Prado Verde’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Prado Verde are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Prado Verde, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Prado Verde yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Prado Verde is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Paso County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Prado Verde had a population of 209. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 246 to 209 (-15%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Prado Verde on the map, 1955 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Prado Verde. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Prado Verde on the 1955 USGS mapPrado Verde on the 1967 USGS mapPrado Verde on the 1995 USGS map1955Canutillo sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Prado Verde.

People over time

Prado Verde, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 246

Between 200 and 246 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Prado Verde’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Prado Verde

Nobody well known was born in Prado Verde itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Debbie ReynoldsAmerican actress, singer, and dancer · b. 1932
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Gene RoddenberryAmerican television screenwriter and producer · b. 1921
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Sandra Day O'ConnorAmerican lawyer and jurist · b. 1930
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Alan TudykAmerican actor · b. 1971
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Marcell JacobsItalian athlete · b. 1994
Paulina ChávezAmerican actress · b. 2002
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Prado Verde Addition Number 1 Colonia

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Prado Verde’s history

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.