Fort Benton, Montana

Chouteau County

30-28000

Fort Benton is a small city in the U.S. state of Montana and the administrative seat of the county Chouteau. Part of the town is designated as a National Historic Landmark since 1961. Founded in 1846 as a trading post, it was named after Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri and was once an important port on the upper reaches of the Missouri River, the merchants and settlers from the river system of the Mississippi River served.

In Fort Benton, the visitor center of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, which extends east of the village about 240 km along the river is.

  • Place in Montana
  • Location in North America
  • Chouteau County
  • County Seat in Montana
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