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]
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 Location of the City of Cortez in Montezuma County, Colorado. | |
| Coordinates: 37°20′59″N 108°34′36″W / 37.349783°N 108.576687°WCoordinates: 37°20′59″N 108°34′36″W / 37.349783°N 108.576687°W[3] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| County | Montezuma County seat[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
| Area | |
| • 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 | |
| • 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 |
| FIPS code | 08-17375 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0179044 |
| Website | City of Cortez |
Cortez, Colorado Media
View looking southeast of Main Street in Cortez, with the cliff faces of the Mesa Verde visible in the distance
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Active Colorado Municipalities". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Colorado Counties". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ↑ "2014 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places". United States Census Bureau. July 1, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
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