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Raso, Arizona
Populated place
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, 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".

Municipalities and communities of Cochise County, Arizona, United States

County seat: Bisbee

Cities	Benson Bisbee Douglas Sierra Vista Tombstone Willcox

Towns	Huachuca City

CDPs	Bowie Dragoon Elfrida McNeal Mescal Miracle Valley Naco Palominas Pirtleville St. David San Simon Southeast Sierra Vista Sunizona Whetstone

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