Editing Socorro, Texas (section)

==History==

Socorro was established in 1680 by local [[Manso Indians|Manso]] and [[Piro Pueblo|Piro]] Indians fleeing the [[Pueblo Revolt]] in northern [[New Mexico]].<ref name="tshaonline.org">{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articlesok/hls62|title=SOCORRO, TX|first=KOHOUT, MARTIN|last=DONELL|date=15 June 2010|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>  It took its name from [[Socorro, New Mexico|Socorro]], the town in central New Mexico from which the Piros had originated, which had been given the name Socorro (Spanish for "aid" or "succor") by the Spaniards due to the helpful attitude of the Piro toward the Spaniards at the time of first contact. The probable date of a Mass celebrated in the mission church of Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción del Socorro, October 13, 1680, is regarded as the founding date of the city in Texas, called Socorro, established by the Spaniards and the Piro they brought south with them from New Mexico during the Pueblo Revolt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uqn07|title=NUESTRA SENORA DE LA LIMPIA CONCEPCION DEL SOCORRO MISSION|first=BURRUS, ERNEST J.|last=S.J.|date=15 June 2010|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref> Socorro was first incorporated in 1871, and was reincorporated in 1985 in response to an annexation attempt from neighboring El Paso.<ref name="tshaonline.org"/>