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Otero County

Otero County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026
Board of County Commissioners meets
Public hearings/regular meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays, 1:30 PM.
Meeting location
Bauserman Conference Room 107, Otero County Courthouse, La Junta, CO.
Clerk and Recorder
719-383-3020 · lscott@oterogov.org
Agendas posted at
https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/elected-officials/commissioners/commissioners-calendar
Board of County Commissioners
Rob Oquist (District 1, Chair per meeting-packet header "Chr. Oquist," consistent July 2025-April 2026), Tim Knabenshue (District 2), Jim Baldwin (District 3) — Otero County Courthouse, 13 West 3rd Street, Room 212, La Junta, CO 81050 — (719) 383-3000 — roquist@oterogov.org. Lower confidence: oterocounty.colorado.gov blocked automated fetch, sourced via indexed public-hearing-packet PDFs.

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

Cities (2)
  • La Junta
  • Rocky Ford

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024

Towns (4)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

School districts (5)
  • Cheraw School District No. 31 in the County of Otero and S
  • East Otero School District No. R1
  • Manzanola Joint District No. 3j of the Counties of Otero A
  • Rocky Ford School District No. R2
  • Swink School District No. 33 in the County of Otero and St

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Hospital districts (1)
  • La Junta Health Service District

Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Hospital Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries

Emergency services districts (3)
  • La Junta Rural Fire Protection District
  • Manzanola Rural Fire Protection District
  • Rocky Ford Rural Fire Protection District

Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Fire Protection Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries

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