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Cortez (/ ˈ k ɔːr t ɛ z / ⓘ) is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. [1] The city population was 8,766 at the 2020 United States Census .
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.
Colorado was represented by four United States representatives elected from two districts and two at-large in the 63rd United States Congress from 1913 until 1915. Since the 1914 United States House of Representatives elections , all U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado have been elected from congressional districts.
Location of Montezuma County in Colorado. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Montezuma County, Colorado. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Ute Mountain (U), just west of Cortez, Colorado (red dot) and Mesa Verde National Park (MV), and separated from Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (CA) to the north by McElmo Creek. Though on the southwestern fringe of the original Rocky Mountain home of the Ute Tribe , the Sleeping Ute is the most prominent feature of the high-desert ...
US 160 was diverted southwesterly from Cortez to follow its present route past the Four Corners into Arizona, absorbing the route numbered U.S. Highway 164. [4] In 2021, the portion of the highway between Walsenburg and the highway's junction with Colorado State Highway 12 was designated a National Scenic Byway.
State Highway 145 (SH 145) is a state highway in western Colorado. It runs for 116.879 miles (188.1 km) between U.S. Route 160 (US 160) in Cortez and SH 141 near Naturita . Route description
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023. ... Colorado's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S ... Cortez: 26,468 85 ...