Official Name: | Montezuma |
Named For: | Moctezuma II |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of North Carolina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Name2: | Avery County |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1883 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 35.9714°N -82.0117°W |
Elevation M: | 1148 |
Elevation Ft: | 3766 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 28653 |
Area Code: | 828 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1013656 |
Montezuma is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. Before its founding in 1883, it had two variant names, Aaron and Bull Scrape.[1] The community is located on Old State Highway 181 and is on the Eastern Continental Divide.
Between 1904 and 1940, Montezuma was a stop along the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad between Newland and Linville, with a spur to Pineola.