Daniels County, Montana

Founding: 1920
Parent county: Sheridan and Valley
Namesake: Mansfield Daniels, local rancher
Seat: Scobey (1920–)
Land area: 1,426 square miles
Population (2020): 1,661
Population (historic): 5,553 (1930); 4,563 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1930
Subdivisions: One city; one town
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 266 (22.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $846
Average outbuilding value (1930): $739

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms

Number of farms (1930): 906
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, North Dakota, Canada, Iowa, and Norway
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Scobey

 
Namesake: Charles Scobey, local rancher
Founding: 1901 (post office); 1913 (platting); 1913 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 999
Population (historic): 1,170 (1920); 1,259 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 191 (26.9%)
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