1882 - railroad camp, Prairie Switch, Pearl of The Prairie
1888 - 26,000 acres of land bought by Weimer Land Co.
1889 - General store
1890 - post office, first doctor
1893 - 12 businesses
1895 - independent school district established
1890 � 1898 6 religious congregations organized
1896 - first fire; first cotton gin
1900 - 130 businesses; 856 population
1901 second fire; library association organized
1901 - over 1000 cars of hay bought by EC merchants
1902 - first bank chartered
1903 - El Campo Rice Milling Co. began
1904 - 70 rice farmers, 126 pumping stations
1905 - El Campo incorporated
1906 - 2 funeral homes
1907 - Ice & Water Co. Established
1908 - train from east brought 200 homesteaders
1908 - Volunteer Fire Department chartered
1908 - Farmers Union Warehouse built
1909 - EC Brick & Tile
1910 - 1,778 population
1912 - hospital; Mack Webb store built
1914 - EC Rice Milling & Broussard Rice Mill merged
1926 - 40+ businesses
1927 - first public library; C of C organized
1930 - 160 businesses; 2,034 population
1930s - gas & oil discovered in county
1953 - C of C changed to C of C & Agriculture
1954 - became a home-rule city
1962 - Capital of Texas