Montezuma, Colorado

Town of Montezuma, Colorado
Town of Montezuma, Colorado
Statutory Town
	Location of Montezuma in Summit County, Colorado.
	Coordinates: 39°34′53″N 105°52′04″W / 39.58139°N 105.86778°W
Country	United States
State	State of Colorado
County	Summit County
Founded	1865
Incorporated	September 1881
Government
• Type	Statutory Town
• Mayor	Lesley Davis (2014)[citation needed]
Area
• Total	0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2)
• Land	0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	10,302 ft (3,140 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	74
• Density	930/sq mi (350/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	80435
Area code	970
FIPS code	08-51690
GNIS feature ID	2413008
Highways	none (connected to US 6 5 miles away by Montezuma Road)
Website	www.townofmontezuma.com

The Town of Montezuma is a statutory town located in eastern Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 74 at 2020 United States Census.^[5] The town is a former mining camp that sits at an elevation of 10,200 feet (3,110 m), just west of the Continental Divide, nestled among mountains that reach an elevation of 12,000-13,000 feet (3,700-4,000 m) around it. It is situated in the upper valley of the Snake River above the ski resort of Keystone in the Rocky Mountains.

^ ^a ^b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
^ "Montezuma". Summit Historical Society. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montezuma, Colorado
^ ^a ^b United States Census Bureau. "Montezuma town; Colorado". Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2007.

[COMun-1] "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2007.

[2] "Montezuma". Summit Historical Society. Retrieved July 1, 2024.

[CenPopGazetteer2019-3] "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[gnis-4] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montezuma, Colorado

[Census_2020-5] United States Census Bureau. "Montezuma town; Colorado". Retrieved April 20, 2023.

[ZIPcode-6] "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2007.

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