Local Wiki
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)
- Cheraw
- Fowler (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Manzanola
- Swink (official website, opens in a new tab)
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