Editing El Paso, Texas (section)

===== Downtown and central El Paso =====
{{main|Downtown El Paso|Central El Paso}}
[[File:Franklin Moutains from Ranger Peak.jpg|thumb|right|A view of the [[Franklin Mountains (Texas)|Franklin Mountains]] from central El Paso]]
This part of town contains some of the city's oldest and most historic neighborhoods. Located in the heart of the city, it is home to about 44,993 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Central, El Paso, Texas |url=https://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/Texas/El-Paso/Central/Population |access-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref> Development of the area started in 1827 with the first resident, Juan Maria Ponce de Leon, a wealthy merchant from Paso del Norte (present-day Ciudad Juárez), who built the region's first structure establishing Rancho Ponce within the vicinity of S. El Paso Street and Paisano Dr. when the city was barely beginning. Today, central El Paso has grown into the center of the city's economy and a thriving urban community. It contains numerous historic sites and landmarks, many in the [[Sunset Heights]] district. Other historic districts in this area include the Rio Grade Avenue Historic District, Segundo Barrio Historic District, and the Magoffin Historic District. It is close to the El Paso International Airport, the international border, and Fort Bliss. It is part of the [[El Paso Independent School District]].
[[File:El Paso Star at Sunset.jpg|thumb|left|[[Star on the Mountain|A large, illuminated star]] on [[Franklin Mountains (Texas)|Franklin Mountains]] has become an informal symbol of El Paso.]]
Dr. James Day, an El Paso historian, said that downtown's main business area was originally centered between Second Avenue (now Paisano Drive) and San Francisco Avenue. At a later point, the main business area was centered around Stanton Street and Santa Fe Street. In the late 1800s, most of the [[White American]] residents lived to the north of the non-White areas, living in brick residences along Magoffin, Myrtle, and San Antonio Avenues. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic-American]] residents lived in an area called [[Chihuahuita]] ("little [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]]"), which was located south of Second Avenue and west of Santa Fe Street. Several African Americans and around 300 Chinese Americans also lived in Chihuahuita. Many of the Chinese Americans participated in the building of railroads in the El Paso area.<ref>Metz, Leon. "[http://www.elpasotimes.com/sunbowl/ci_4749639 Downtown El Paso has colorful history] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120731023721/http://www.elpasotimes.com/sunbowl/ci_4749639|date=July 31, 2012}}." [[El Paso Times]]. November 30, 2006. Retrieved on March 6, 2010.</ref> Another downtown neighborhood is [[El Segundo Barrio]], which is near the Mexico–U.S. border.<ref>{{Cite news |title=11 Most Endangered: Chihuahuita and El Segundo Barrio |url=https://savingplaces.org/places/el-paso-neighborhoods |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419103514/https://savingplaces.org/places/el-paso-neighborhoods |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |access-date=April 18, 2017 |work=National Trust for Historic Preservation |language=en-US}}</ref>