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Fort Benton
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city in and county seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Fort Benton is referenced by 517 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, St. Louis and county seat.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city.
It is catalogued under topics including 1846 establishments in unorganized territory of the United States, American frontier and Cities in Chouteau County, Montana.
Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- County
- Chouteau
- Total
- 2.29 sq mi (5.94 km )
- Land
- 2.29 sq mi (5.94 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,651 ft (808 m)
- Density
- 631.9/sq mi (243.97/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 30-28000
- Website
- www .fortbenton .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Fort Benton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Chouteau County
- Population
- 1449
- Area
- 5.356311
- Elevation
- 799
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Body of water
- Missouri River
- Capital of
- Chouteau County
- Official website
- www.fortbenton.com
- Image
- Choteau County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 589
- Dialing code
- 406
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- Commons category
- Fort Benton, Montana
- postal code
- 59442
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 27446
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Benton is a city in and the county seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States. Established in 1846, Fort Benton is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in Montana. Fort Benton was the most upstream navigable port on the Mississippi River System, and is considered "the world’s innermost port".
The city's waterfront area, the most important aspect of its 19th century growth, was designated the Fort Benton Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, in 1961.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Benton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.