Montezuma County is a county in the State Colorado of the United States. The county population was 23,830 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Cortez.
History
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 a famous chief of the Aztec Indians in Mexico, Moctezuma II. The building ruins in Mesa Verde National Park were thought to be of Aztec origin at the time.
