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.

[2] 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.

This article about a location in Avery County, North Carolina is a stub.