Local Wiki
Chouteau County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 3, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Not confirmable — the county's site has no dedicated commissioners/meeting-schedule page, a genuine gap.
- Meeting location
- Not confirmable.
- Election Administrator
- Lana Claassen · (406) 622-5151 · lclaassen@chouteaucountymt.gov
- Agendas posted at
- Not confirmable — no agenda center found.
- Board of County Commissioners
- Clay Riehl, Bob Pasha, Rick Darlington — chair not confirmable. Chouteau County Courthouse, 1308 Franklin St, Fort Benton, MT — (406) 622-3631. Notable: a federal voting-rights settlement (Chippewa Cree Indians of Rocky Boy's Reservation v. Chouteau County, approved Dec 2025) restructures District One into a Native-majority single-member district effective the June 2026 election.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (1)
- Fort Benton
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
Towns (2)
- Big Sandy
- Geraldine
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
School districts (8)
- Benton Lake Elem
- Big Sandy K-12
- Carter Elem
- Fort Benton Elem
- Fort Benton H S
- Geraldine K-12
- Highwood K-12
- Knees Elem
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Hospital districts (2)
- Big Sandy Bshd
- Chouteau County Ccdh
Source: Montana State Library MSDI Election Districts GIS layer (Hospital)
Emergency services districts (4)
- Big Sandy Bsfd
- Fort Benton Fbrfd
- Geraldine Gfd
- Highwood Rural Fire Department Hrfd
Source: Montana State Library MSDI Election Districts GIS layer (Fire)
Water & utility districts (6)
- Carter Cccswd
- Highwood Hwsd
- Highwood Sccwd
- Loma Lcswd
- Tiber Water Twd
- Tri County Tcwd
Source: Montana State Library MSDI Election Districts GIS layer (Water)