Local Wiki
Montezuma County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 4, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Tuesdays, 11:00 AM.
- Meeting location
- Montezuma County Administration Building, Cortez, CO (exact room not published).
- Clerk and Recorder
- 970-565-3728 · Online contact form on website
- Agendas posted at
- https://montezumacounty.gov/category/montezuma_county/bocc/
- Board of County Commissioners
- Jim Candelaria (District 1, Chairman), Kent Lindsay (District 2, Vice Chairman), Gerald Koppenhafer (District 3) — Montezuma County Administration Building, 109 W. Main Street, Cortez, CO 81321 — (970) 914-2563.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (1)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
Towns (2)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (3)
- Dolores School District No. Re-4a
- Mancos School District Re-6
- Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (5)
- Cortez Fire Protection District
- Dolores Fire Protection District
- Lewis-Arriola Fire Protection District
- Mancos Fire Protection District
- Pleasant View Fire Protection District
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Fire Protection Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (2)
- Cortez Sanitation District
- Montezuma County Water District No. 1
Source: Colorado DOLA GIS layer (Water and Sanitation Districts), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries