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| Raso, Arizona | |
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| Populated place | |
| Location within the state of Arizona | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Elevation | 4,377 ft (1,334 m) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MST (UTC-7) |
| Area code(s) | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-59060 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24575 |
Raso is a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, 7 miles northeast of Willcox in Dragoon Pass. It has an estimated elevation of 4,377 feet (1,334 m) above sea level. 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".
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