Otero County, New Mexico
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About Otero County

Otero County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,839. Its county seat is Alamogordo. Its southern boundary is the Texas state line. It is named for Miguel Antonio Otero, the territorial governor when the county was created.

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Otero County at a glance

County seat
Alamogordo
Population
67,839 (2020)
Land area
6,626 sq mi
Founded
1899

Largest communities in Otero County

  1. Alamogordo County seat30,898
  2. Fort Bliss11,260
  3. Tularosa2,553
  4. Boles Acres1,788
  5. La Luz1,578

History of Otero County

The western part of Otero County was handed over to the United States Army as the US was preparing to enter World War II and eventually became part of White Sands Missile Range. This did not significantly hinder the growth of the county, whose population more than doubled in the 1950s. The county declared a state of emergency in April 2019 when the federal inspection stations on U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 54 were left unstaffed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as part of the temporary closure of all six checkpoints in the El Paso Sector, which covers West Texas and New Mexico. The county was concerned about the possibility of illegal narcotics flowing north unchecked since the checkpoint agents had been shifted to the border to help process migrant asylum-seekers. The inspection stations reopened August 5, 2019.

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