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Place Name
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Otero County
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Pronunciation
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o-TER-o
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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La Junta
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Population
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20,185 (1990)
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Location
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Colorado, United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°53'N
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Longitude
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103°42'W
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Otero
(o-TER-o), county (
1,269 sq mi/3,287 sq km; 1990
pop. 20,185), SE Colo.;  La Junta; 37°53'N 103°42'W.
Irrigated agr. area, drained by Purgatoire, Apishapa, and Arkansas
(forms part of N boundary in W) rivers, also Horse and Timpas creeks.
Cattle, poultry; wheat, hay, beans, corn, melons, vegetables,
cantaloupes. Large part of Comanche Natl. Grassland in S; Horse Creek
Reservoir on W boundary, in NE. Bent's Old Fort Natl. Historic Site in
E. Formed 1889.
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