Lake Montezuma is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona.

His partner in this enterprise was George Bowers who was killed by Indians near the head of Copper Canyon while en route to Prescott alongside a young soldier named Robert Nix.

This was also at the junction of the historic road from Stoneman Lake which split there with one route going on to Cornville, Cottonwood and Jerome and the other going south to Camp Verde and on to Prescott via Copper Canyon or Cherry.

It was so named for the prominent limestone rimrocks forming the edges of the mesas visible from the hill top ranch.

Her prominent guests were wanting efficient communications with the outside world so Virginia saw the need to establish a post office on the ranch.

People from the Coconino County line near Stoneman Lake, Apache Maid Ranch etc.

One of Arizona's oldest continuously operated landing strips - The Rimrock Airport - is located here as dudes used to fly into the ranch in days gone by.

Around 1957 shortly after the Black Canyon Highway was built north from Phoenix, one of the largest ranches in Rimrock was turned into a subdivision called Lake Montezuma.

The developers were planning on selling much of the property to out-of-state buyers and realized they needed something attractive in the name.

In the area of the nearby Lawrence Crossing of the Wet Beaver Creek there are artifacts of the ancient Sinagua people, including water catchments for irrigation canals.