Raso, Arizona
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Raso, Arizona | |
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  Raso Location within the state of Arizona  Raso Raso (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 32°20′22″N 109°45′23″W / 32.33944°N 109.75639°WCoordinates: 32°20′22″N 109°45′23″W / 32.33944°N 109.75639°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Elevation | 4,377 ft (1,334 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code(s) | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-59060 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24575 |
Raso is a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, seven miles northeast of Willcox in Dragoon Pass.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 4,377 feet (1,334 m) above sea level.[1] It was founded in 1881 as a flag station on the Southern Pacific Railroad, originally known as "Railroad Pass"; the name was changed in 1903 to Raso for easier usage in telegraph transmissions. Raso is Spanish for "a flat plain".[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Feature Detail Report for: Raso". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Raso (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-0816534951. Search this book on
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