Cortez is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 8,766 at the 2020 United States Census.
Cortez city hall, built in 2017.
View looking SE of Main Street in Cortez, with the cliff faces of the Mesa Verde visible in the distance.
Montezuma County, Colorado
Montezuma County is a county located in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,849. The county seat is Cortez.
The Montezuma County Combined Courts building in Cortez
Prehistoric petroglyphs in Mesa Verde National Park
Castle, Hovenweep National Monument
Sign on U.S. Route 491 marking the border with Dolores County