Welcome to Montezuma ...

Montezuma is located in Maricopa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Montezuma, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Montezuma is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Montezuma lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Montezuma ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Montezuma - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Nevada (2), New Mexico (3), New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Montezuma.

Communities near Montezuma ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Montezuma.

• Agua Caliente
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Caliente
  • Agua Caliente is located in Maricopa County
• Hyder ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyder have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyder
  • Hyder is located in Yuma County
• Harqua ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harqua. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harqua
  • Harqua is located in Maricopa County
• Palomas
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palomas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palomas
  • Palomas is located in Yuma County
• Aztec
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztec
  • Aztec is located in Yuma County
• Camp Horn ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Horn
  • Camp Horn is located in Yuma County
• Theba
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theba
  • Theba is located in Maricopa County
• Dateland
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dateland
  • Dateland is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dateland <5>
• Kofa ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kofa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kofa
  • Kofa is located in Yuma County
• Gila Bend
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Bend
  • Gila Bend is located in Maricopa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,118 people
  • Former name for Gila Bend:
  • Gila
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gila Bend <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Montezuma. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Montezuma.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Montezuma. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montezuma.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Montezuma. See our Newspapers Page for Montezuma.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Montezuma ...

Looking for more information about Montezuma? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Montezuma, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Montezuma.

Adding Montezuma to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Montezuma in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Montezuma was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Montezuma mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Montezuma.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Montezuma. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Maricopa County: www.maricopa.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/