Fort Benton, Montana

Fort Benton population, 2020 to 2024

Fort Benton lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

Fort Benton covers 2.29 square miles of land, for 621 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Fort Benton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fort Benton is in

All of Fort Benton's residents live in Chouteau County, which had 5,880 residents in 2024. Fort Benton holds 24.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fort Benton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fort Benton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59442. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fort Benton is

The Census internal point of Fort Benton is at 47.829000, -110.655800. Helena, the capital, is 107.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Great Falls, MT (60,013 people), 37.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 172.6 miles away.

Daylight in Fort Benton

At 47.83° N, Fort Benton gets about 16 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fort Benton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Great Falls, 37.5 miles away, with 60,013 people.