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Around Montezuma
Distances
Nearest major airport
OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC)220 miles away
Closer regional airport
Garden City Regional Airport (GCK)27 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
Wichita, KS169 miles away
Nearest city of 1 million+
Dallas, TX392 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Montezuma; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Who represents Montezuma
U.S. Representative · Kansas’s 1st DistrictTracey Mann (R)
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Population over time
Montezuma had 975 residents in the 2020 census, up 1% since 2000.
It’s the 223rd largest of 721 towns in Kansas by population.
Gray County grew from 1,264 residents in 1900 to 5,653 in 2020.
Gray County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 93°F in summer, and winter lows average 19°F. About 21.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 16 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Montezuma, KS weather station (about a mile away).
Jobs in Gray County
1,592 jobs at 228 businesses in Gray County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Montezuma.
Nearest hospitals
Meade District HospitalCritical access hospital · emergency room · Meade22.7 miles
Minneola District HospitalCritical access hospital · emergency room · Minneola26.1 miles
Centura St.. Catherine-Dodge CityGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Dodge City26.8 miles
Providers with an office here
Primary care doctors
1
Pharmacies
3
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Places in and around Montezuma
Grocery stores (1 nearby)
Harvest Market0.3 mi
Pharmacies (1 nearby)
Montezuma Drug0.3 mi
Libraries (1 nearby)
Montezuma Township Library0.3 mi
Museums (1 nearby)
Stauth Memorial Museum0.4 mi
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Public schools here are run by Montezuma. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
Public schools(2)
School
Grades
Students
Type
Distance
Montezuma ElemMontezuma
Pre-K–5
83
Public
0.4 mi
South Gray HighMontezuma
9–12
59
Public
0.4 mi
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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