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Horizon City is a town of roughly 22,500 residents (2020 Census) in eastern El Paso County, situated along Interstate 10 about 20 miles southeast of downtown El Paso. It was built from the ground up as a planned community starting in the early 1960s by the Horizon Corporation, which platted thousands of desert lots before the town incorporated by referendum in October 1988. Horizon City has since become one of the fastest-growing municipalities in far West Texas, with its population more than tripling between 2000 and 2020. Along the way it has earned a reputation as one of the safer small communities in the state, landing on an FBI list of the 50 safest cities in Texas.

Geography of Horizon City

Horizon City sits along I-10 in the Lower Valley/Upper Valley region east of El Paso, bordered by the unincorporated communities of Socorro, San Elizario, Clint, and Butterfield, with the Rio Grande and the U.S.-Mexico border a short distance to the south. The town is roughly a 25-minute drive from El Paso International Airport via I-10.

Free towing is included anywhere in Horizon City and the surrounding area. You can find more about local services on the City of Horizon City's official website.

History of Horizon City

Horizon City's origins trace to the early 1960s, when the Horizon Corporation, a real estate development firm, began acquiring and subdividing large tracts of El Paso County desert land, marketing lots to buyers around the world, often sight unseen. The company's aggressive land-sale tactics eventually drew scrutiny, and the Federal Trade Commission stepped in during the late 1970s and into 1981 to halt some of its practices. Despite that rocky start, enough residents had settled on Horizon Corporation land that the community voted to incorporate as a town on October 22, 1988. From there, Horizon City grew steadily, then explosively, expanding from just 5,576 residents in the 2000 Census to 16,735 by 2010 and 22,489 by 2020.

Culture of Horizon City

Horizon City is served by both the Socorro and Clint Independent School Districts, including Eastlake High School, which opened in 2010 to serve the town's growing school-age population. The local economy leans on a mix of retail along I-10, government and school district employment, and a growing logistics and light-industrial sector tied to Darrington Road's proximity to the interstate.

As one of the fastest-growing towns in the El Paso metro, Horizon City has a large stock of older vehicles that residents commute in daily on I-10 and Darrington Road, and many eventually reach the end of the road with mechanical failures or accident damage. CashMyCarTX buys junk, wrecked, and non-running cars throughout Horizon City and the surrounding Lower Valley communities, offering free towing and same-day cash so sellers do not have to deal with private-party listings or long dealership trade-in waits.