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  Otero - History
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Parents > United States > Colorado > CO Counties > Otero  
Websitehttps://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
Established March 25, 1889
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedBrentinCO October 28, 2022 04:19pm
DescriptionOtero County’s population was 18,831 in 2010. The county was named for Miguel Antonio Otero, a La Junta town founder. La Junta is the county seat, located in southeastern Colorado on the Arkansas River. Bent’s Old Fort, a vital trading post on the Santa Fe Trail, is northeast of La Junta.

Comanche National Grassland is found in Otero County, offering 440,000 acres of petroglyphs, dinosaur footprints, abandoned homesteads, abundant wildlife, and the Santa Fe Trail.

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November 15, 2001 -



May 29, 1911 - January 01, 2002


OTERO lost to creation of CROWLEY. (Colo. Laws 1911, 18th sess., ch. 111, pp. 277-282)

March 25, 1889 - May 29, 1911


OTERO created from BENT. (Colo. Laws 1889, 7th sess., S.B. 31, pp. 281-284)

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