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Forsyth is an incorporated city and the county seat of Rosebud County in southeastern Montana, set on the south bank of the Yellowstone River.

Forsyth was established in 1876 as a steamboat landing supporting United States Army operations, the first settlement on the Yellowstone River.

In 1882 residents named the town after General James William Forsyth, and that year Thomas Alexander traded land to the Northern Pacific Railway to start the town, developing the first buildings on Main Street.

The 2020 census counted 1,647 residents in Forsyth, with 777 households and 968 housing units, and the city's median age was 51.8 years.

In April 1894 Forsyth was where federal troops finally captured several hundred men of Coxey's Army, who had commandeered a Northern Pacific train in Butte on their way to Washington, D.C.; 331 of the Coxeyites were taken to Helena as prisoners.

Forsyth has long been a transportation nexus, progressing from steamboats on the Yellowstone to the Northern Pacific Railway and today's Interstate 94 and U.S. Routes 12 and 10.

The Rosebud County Courthouse in Forsyth was completed in 1914, and Rosebud County itself, named for the Rosebud River, was organized in 1901.

Captain William Clark traveled down the Yellowstone River past the future Forsyth townsite on July 28, 1806, during the return journey of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Forsyth High School's teams are the Dogies, who wear purple and white and compete in Montana's 3B conference, and the Rosebud County Library serves the area.

The Rosebud County Pioneer Museum on Main Street in Forsyth displays collections from the county's founding families, including a steam engine and historic farm implements.