Montezuma County, Colorado

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administrative territorial entity county

Montezuma County, Colorado is a county in the southwestern corner of the state known for its rich Native American history and archaeological sites, including the cliff dwellings preserved in Mesa Verde National Park.

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Label Occurrences
Montezuma County, Colorado canonical 6
Montezuma County 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
areaLand approximately 2,030 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal approximately 2,040 square miles ⓘ
areaWater approximately 10 square miles ⓘ
borders Dolores County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Plata County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
San Juan County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Juan County, Utah ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ⓘ
Cortez, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dolores, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
surface form: Hovenweep National Monument (nearby region influence)

Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark ⓘ
Mancos, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
McPhee Reservoir ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde ⓘ
surface form: Mesa Verde cliff dwellings

San Juan National Forest ⓘ
surface form: San Juan National Forest (part)

Towaoc, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ute Mountain Ute Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Cortez, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateEstablished 1889 ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 6,000 feet above sea level ⓘ
FIPSCode 08083 ⓘ
formedFrom La Plata County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
GNISID 00198164 ⓘ
hasHeritage Navajo Nation ⓘ
surface form: Navajo Nation (nearby influence)

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe ⓘ
ISOCode US-CO-083 ⓘ
knownFor Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings ⓘ
Native American history ⓘ
archaeological sites ⓘ
largestCity Cortez, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
southwestern Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Colorado

United States Census Bureau Pacific division ⓘ
surface form: United States Census Bureau West region
namedAfter Moctezuma II ⓘ
namedFor Moctezuma II ⓘ
surface form: Aztec emperor Montezuma
partOf Four Corners region ⓘ
population approximately 25,000 (early 2020s) ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesa Verde National Park → locatedIn → Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ
southwestern Colorado → contains → Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Colorado
Southern Ute Indian Reservation → locatedInCounty → Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ
Cliff Palace → locatedIn → Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ
Gunnison National Forest → containsPartOf → Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ
Dolores River → flowsThrough → Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ
Towaoc, Colorado → county → Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montezuma County