Socorro Mission

The Socorro Mission, originally built in the late seventeenth century, is one of three Spanish missions under the stewardship of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Riverside Diversion Dam.

Riverside Diversion Dam

Dam

The Riverside Diversion Dam was a diversion dam on the Rio Grande to the southeast of El Paso, Texas. The dam was owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, and diverted water into the Riverside Canal for use in irrigation in the El Paso Valley. Riverside Diversion Dam is situated 1½ miles west of Socorro Mission.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Socorro and Ysleta.

Socorro

Town

Photo: Roman Eugeniusz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso, and on the border of Mexico.

Ysleta

Suburb

Ysleta is a community in El Paso, Texas, United States. Ysleta was settled between October 9 and October 12, 1680, when Spanish conquistadors, Franciscan clerics and Tigua Indians took refuge along the southern bank of the Rio Grande. Ysleta is situated 2½ miles northwest of Socorro Mission.

San Elizario

Town

San Elizario is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. Its population was 10,116 at the 2020 census. It is part of the El Paso metropolitan statistical area. San Elizario is situated 5 miles southeast of Socorro Mission.

Socorro Mission

Type: Church
Also known as: “Mission Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion del Puebla de Socorro” and “Socorro Mission La Purisima”
Category: religion
Location: El Paso, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

31.66011° or 31° 39′ 36″ north

Longitude

-106.3022° or 106° 18′ 8″ west

Elevation

3,661 feet (1,116 metres)

Open location code

853MMM6X+24

GeoNames ID

5530936

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