According to the old hreppur border, Sauðárhreppur was to the southeast, while Skefilsstaðahreppur ran all the way to the ocean to the north and northeast.

The names of the estates include cost, manorial dues, kúgildi (an archaic currency based on the worth of cattle), and asking prices.

Records include the sales of land and respective prices for: Hraun, Þangskáli, Kelduvík, Neðranes, Malland, Keta, Kleif, Lágmúli, Hvalnes, Brókarlækur, Selnes, Selá, Hóll, Sœvarland, and Þorbjargarstaðir.

On June 6, 1988, Skefilsstaðahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Fljótahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólarhreppur, and Hofshreppur.

[7] The municipality of Skefilsstaðahreppur was, from a fiscal standing, the best of all the Skagafjörður hreppurs in 1997, the year before the unification.