Welcome to Daniels County

Published: 2019
By Inga Hawbaker

Daniels County MSU Extension is a non-formal educational program designed to help people use research-based knowledge to improve their lives. Since 1922 MSU Extension has successfully provided a service to the citizens of Daniels County through the availability of resources and by facilitating programing in the areas of agriculture, natural resources, family consumer science, community health and development, and youth development through 4-H. The current population in Daniels County is estimated to be 1,737; there is one K-12 school serving the county. With agriculture being the main industry, Daniels County was considered the most rural county in the continental United States as measured by the Index of Relative Rurality in 2000. It is south of the Canada–U.S. border with Saskatchewan. Established in 1920, Daniels County boasts a variety of small-town community events including Lutefisk dinners, snowmobile races, ranch rodeos, and a county fair. Daniels County is also home to its annual Pioneer Days, a weekend-long celebration in June; at the center of the celebration is the historic “Dirty Shame Show,” a variety show composed of local talent. Pioneer Days takes place at Pioneer Town, a 20-acre plot just west of Scobey, which houses 35 buildings that have been restored to depict turn-of-the-century homes and businesses.