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Colorado Counties
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Colorado Counties
Colorado currently has sixty-four counties. The counties of Colorado are important components
of government since the state has no secondary civil subdivisions such as townships. Two counties, the City and
County of Denver and the City and County of Broomfield, have consolidated city and county governments..
No organized counties of the District of Louisiana, the Territory of Missouri, or the Territory of Nebraska
existed within the present boundaries of the State of Colorado. |
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Montezuma County, Colorado
Montezuma County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Cortez
Year Organized: 1889
Square Miles: 2,037 |
Court House: 109 West Main Street
County Courthouse
Cortez, CO 81321-3126
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Montezuma County is named in honor of Moctezuma II, the famous Aztec leader at the time of Spain's
conquest of the Aztec Empire. Local ruins were originally thought to have been of Aztec origin.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Montezuma County was created in 1889 from part of La Plata County.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,040 square miles (5,284 kmē),
of which, 2,037 square miles (5,275 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (9 kmē) of it (0.16%) is water
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Dolores County
- Northeast: San Juan County
- East: La Plata County
- Southeast: San Juan County, N.M.
- Southwest: Apache County, Ariz.
- Northwest: San Juan County, Utah
Cities and Towns:
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- Cortez
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- Dolores |
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- Mancos |
town |
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County Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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