It is on Highway 6, approximately 55 km north of Regina, the capital city of Saskatchewan.

The vast prairie land of the North-West Territories was opened for settlement during the latter part of the 1880s and 1890s.

The first early settlement in the Southey area consisted of ranchers north and south of the present townsite.

From this point on, the town grew and developed with the appearance of the first stores, school, banks, elevators, barber shop, hardware and implement dealers, restaurants, lumber yard, telephone system, sidewalks, fire brigades, and others in the 1905 - 1912 period.

The Southey Marlins of the senior men's Highway Hockey League play there, except right now the team is on a hiatus.