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]

Raso, Arizona
Populated place
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Coordinates: 32°20′22″N 109°45′23″W
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Cochise
Elevation [1]	4,377 ft (1,334 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (MST)
Area code	520
FIPS code	04-59060
GNIS feature ID	24575

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