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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.

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

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:

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County 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 km²), of which, 2,037 square miles (5,275 km²) of it is land and 3 square miles (9 km²) 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:

- Cortez (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Dolores	town	Incorporated Area
- Mancos	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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