Cortez, Colorado

Cortez is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.^[5] The city population was 8,766 at the 2020 United States Census.^[4]

Cortez, Colorado
Home rule municipality[1]
Cortez city hall, built in 2017.
Location of the City of Cortez in Montezuma County, Colorado.
Cortez Location of the City of Cortez in the United States. Show map of the United States Cortez Cortez (Colorado) Show map of Colorado
Coordinates: 37°20′59″N 108°34′36″W[2]
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Montezuma County seat[3]
Government
• Type	Home rule municipality[1]
Area [4]
• Total	6.274 sq mi (16.249 km2)
• Land	6.230 sq mi (16.136 km2)
• Water	0.044 sq mi (0.113 km2)
Elevation	6,191 ft (1,887 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	8,766
• Density	1,407/sq mi (543/km2)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81321
Area code	970
FIPS code	08-17375
GNIS feature ID	0179044
Website	City of Cortez

References

1. "Active Colorado Municipalities". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
2. "2014 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places". United States Census Bureau. July 1, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
3. "Colorado Counties". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
4. "Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
5. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.