Fort Benton is the county seat of Chouteau County and it is also the largest city. This county was created in 1865. It covers 3,997 sq mi area and was named after Pierre Chouteau Jr. It has over 5K population with around 2K households and 1.6K families.

White, Black, African American, Native Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, Pacific Islanders, English, German, Asian, and Irish along with only some other races greatly signify the ethnic variety of the county.

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