Place:Montezuma, Colorado, United States

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NameMontezuma
Alt namesMontezumasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.333°N 108.55°W
Located inColorado, United States     (1889 - )
See alsoLa Plata, Colorado, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Cortez Cemetery
Census-designated place
Towaoc
Deserted settlement
Mesa Verde ( 600 - 1500 )
Inhabited place
Arriola
Cortez
Dolores
Echo House
Golconda
Lebanon
Lewis
Mancos
Mariano
Millwood
Pleasant View
Roundup Junction
Stapleton
Stoner
Swallows Nest
Weber
Yellow Jacket
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Montezuma County is the southwesternmost of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,849. The county seat is Cortez.

Mesa Verde National Park, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Yucca House National Monument, and Hovenweep National Monument preserve hundreds of ancient Amerindian structures, including the famous cliff-dwellings, found in the county. Montezuma County is also home to most of the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation, home of the Weeminuche Band of the Ute Nation, known as the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, with its headquarters at Towaoc.

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History

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Montezuma County has been settled since approximately AD 600, and had an estimated population of approximately 100,000, four times its current population, in the 12th century. However, a series of events caused virtually all permanent settlements to be abandoned between 1200 and 1300, and the area was contested between nomadic Ute and Navajo bands until resettlement occurred in the 1870s. Montezuma County was created out of the western portion of La Plata County by the Colorado Legislature in April 1889. It was named in honor of Moctezuma II, who reigned as emperor of the Aztec Empire in Mexico during its decline at the hands of the Spanish invasion. The building ruins in Mesa Verde National Park were thought to be of Aztec origin at the time.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1889 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1889 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1890 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1890 1,529
1900 3,058
1910 5,029
1920 6,260
1930 7,798
1940 10,463
1950 9,991
1960 14,024
1970 12,952
1980 16,510
1990 18,672
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States

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