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Chouteau County
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county in central Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Named after
- Pierre Chouteau Jr.
- Seat
- Fort Benton
- Largest city
- Fort Benton
- Total
- 3,997 sq mi (10,350 km )
- Land
- 3,972 sq mi (10,290 km )
- Water
- 24 sq mi (62 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,865
- Density
- 1.5/sq mi (0.58/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- co .chouteau .mt .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5895
- Area
- 10352
- Official website
- www.co.chouteau.mt.us
- Image
- Choteau County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 2301
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- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Chouteau County
- Commons category
- Chouteau County, Montana
- inception
- 1865-00-00
- per capita income
- 26243
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Chouteau County is a county located in the North-Central region of the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,895. Its county seat is Fort Benton. The county was established in 1865 as one of the original nine counties of Montana, and named in 1882 after Pierre Chouteau Jr., a fur trader who established a trading post that became Fort Benton, which was once an important port on the Missouri River.
Chouteau County is home to the Chippewa-Cree tribe on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. It contains part of the Lewis and Clark National Forest.