Montezuma, IN

Montezuma is a town in Reserve Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 census counted 921 residents. Montezuma is located approximately 66 miles west of the state capital Indianapolis. Montezuma was laid out in about 1824. Montezuma is in the Southwest Parke Community School Corporation. The town has a lending library, the Montezuma Public Library. Montezuma's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Indiana setting. The local scoop is how Montezuma's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The town was named for Moctezuma II, ruler of the Aztec Empire. Montezuma lies along the Wabash River on the western border of Parke County, where U.S. Route 36 crosses the river. Most of the town is in Reserve Township, but the south edge extends into Wabash Township.