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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 2010 census, the population was 5,813.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/30/30015.html )〕 Its county seat is Fort Benton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 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. ==Geography== According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. Chouteau County was once the largest county in the Montana Territory and the second largest in the United States, with an area of in the early 20th century. However, some parts of the county were over from Fort Benton, and in 1909 an agreement was reached to subdivide the county. Chouteau County lost half of its population from 1910 to 1930. The land is mostly prairie. The Bear Paw Mountains rise in the eastern section and the Little Rockies and the Highwood ranges are in the southern portion. Major rivers include the Teton River, Marias River, Missouri River and the Arrow River. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chouteau County, Montana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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