Chouteau County, Montana

Chouteau County
Chouteau County
County
	Chouteau County Courthouse in Fort Benton
	Location within the U.S. state of Montana
	Montana's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 47°53′N 110°26′W / 47.88°N 110.44°W
Country	United States
State	Montana
Founded	1865
Named for	Pierre Chouteau Jr.
Seat	Fort Benton
Largest city	Fort Benton
Area
• Total	3,997 sq mi (10,350 km2)
• Land	3,972 sq mi (10,290 km2)
• Water	24 sq mi (60 km2) 0.6%
Population (2020)
• Total	5,895
• Estimate (2022)	5,898
• Density	1.5/sq mi (0.57/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	www.co.chouteau.mt.us
	Montana county number 19;

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.^[1] Its county seat is Fort Benton.^[2] 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.

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[QF-1] "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 9, 2023.

[2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

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