Otero County

proper noun

One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: La Junta.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: La Junta.
  2. One of 33 counties in New Mexico, United States. County seat: Alamogordo.
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    Attorneys who help people held New Mexico’s three ICE detention facilities – the Otero County Processing Center, the Cibola County Correctional Center and the Torrance County Detention Facility – are typically only able to conduct pre-representation or representation legal visits with detainees if they are able to identify them beforehand, the complaint states.

    2025 March 17, Austin Fisher, “ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say”, in Source New Mexico

Origin

Both counties are named after Miguel Antonio Otero (1829–1882).

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APA

Otero County. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Otero%20County

MLA

“Otero County.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Otero%20County. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Otero County,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Otero%20County.

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