Scobey is a city in and the county seat of Daniels County, Montana, United States. The population was 999 at the 2020 census.
Scobey is known for its bird and big game hunting. The nearby Mansfield A. Daniels House is listed on the NRHP.
History
The city was named by local rancher Mansfield Daniels, after whom Daniels County is named, for his friend Major Charles Richardson Anderson Scobey, a cattleman from the Glendive area who served as a Montana Territory legislator and an Indian agent at Fort Peck and Poplar.
"During the height of the homestead boom in the 1910s," according to historical marker author Skanks Beaverton, "Scobey was the largest primary shipping point of grain in the world."
Geography
Scobey is located at the intersection of Montana Highway 13 and Montana Highway 5.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
Climate
Scobey experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with long, cold, dry winters and short, hot, wetter summers.