Otero County, Colorado, United States

Details for Otero County

Name

Otero County

Place Type

County

Located in

Colorado, United States

County Seat

La Junta

Coordinates

Latitude		37.9000102		37° 54' 00" N
Longitude		-103.7171723		103° 43' 01.8" W

Population

20,185

Elevation

1,335 m

Surrounding Counties

Kiowa NE
Bent E
Las Animas SW
Pueblo NW
Crowley N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

198160

Histopolis Place ID

240378188

Updated Sep 3, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Otero County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Colorado > Otero County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Colorado > Otero County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CO/Otero/ (17 Apr 2010)

USGenWeb Archives: Otero County Colorado Table of Contents [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/otero.htm (2 Feb 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Colorado > Otero County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Colorado > Otero County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CO/Otero/cem/ (20 Aug 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=285 (5 Sep 2009)

The Political Graveyard: Otero County, Colo. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/OT.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Otero County, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otero_County,_Colorado (27 Jul 2010)

Otero County, Colorado Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Otero County, Colorado
http://www.interment.net/us/co/otero.htm (16 May 2010)

Otero County, Colorado CO, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Otero County, Colorado CO, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9632 (3 Nov 2008)

Colorado Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Colorado Gravestones]
Research your Colorado ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Colorado gravestone photos. Locate Colorado gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Colorado roots.
http://coloradogravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=45 (3 Apr 2011)

Cemeteries in or near Otero County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=9632&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (4 Feb 2008)

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Surveys in Otero County

1 Survey, 8 Ranges, 46 Townships

The Sixth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Otero County. You can navigate to any of the 46 survey townships that overlap Otero County using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Otero County

2 Cities, 4 Towns, 23 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Ayer	Benton	Bloom	Casa
Castiel	Cheraw (town)	Elder	Fayette
Fowler (town)	Hadley	Hawley	Hays
Higbee	La Junta (city)	La Junta Gardens	La Junta Village
Manzanola (town)	Mindeman	North La Junta	Old Fort Bent (historical u.p.)
Ormega	Orr	Randall	Roberta
Rocky Ford (city)	Shelton	Swink (town)	Timpas
Vroman

Cemeteries of Otero County

12 Cemeteries, 2 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Fairview	Fowler	Higbee	Hillcrest
Holbrook	Martinez	Mount View	Mt. View (*)
Otero County	Saint Paul's Lutheran	San Jose	St. Paul's Lutheran (*)
Timpas	Valley View

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