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Do you know of Scott ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Scott. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Scott.

Our sources for Scott (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Scott other than they indicate that Scott would be found somewhere in DeKalb County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1909.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Scott ...

We found 36 communities that share the name Scott.

Within Alabama, the name Scott is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 33 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Scott [Pulaski County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Scott [Los Angeles County].
    • Georgia
      • Habersham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Scott [Habersham County].
      • Johnson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Scott [Johnson County].
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Scott [Saint Clair County].
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Scott [LaGrange County].
    • Iowa
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Scott [Fayette County].
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Scott [Kenton County].
    • Louisiana
      • Lafayette Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Scott [Lafayette Parish].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Scott [Aroostook County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Scott [Saint Louis County].
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Scott [Bolivar County].
    • Missouri
      • Cole County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Scott [Cole County].
    • Nebraska
      • Webster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Scott [Webster County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Scott [Coos County].
    • New Mexico
      • Lea County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Scott [Lea County].
    • New York
      • Cortland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Scott [Cortland County].
    • Ohio
      • Noble County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Scott [Noble County].
      • Van Wert County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Scott [Van Wert County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Caddo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Scott [Caddo County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Scott.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lackawanna County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Scott [Lackawanna County].
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Scott.
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Scott.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Scott [Beaufort County].
      • Edgefield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Scott [Edgefield County].
      • Marlboro County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Scott [Marlboro County].
    • Tennessee
      • Meigs County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Scott [Meigs County].
    • Texas
      • Van Zandt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Scott [Van Zandt County].
    • Washington
      • Adams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Scott [Adams County].
      • Klickitat County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Scott [Klickitat County].
      • Walla Walla County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Scott [Walla Walla County].
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Scott [Braxton County].
      • Putnam County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Scott [Putnam County].
      • Wood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Scott [Wood County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Oneida County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Scott [Oneida County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Scott ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Scott:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Scott - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  DeKalb County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in DeKalb County.

Allen 
AllensJude
Andrew's Institute 
AnnawaikaLaurel
AroneyLookout
  
Black OakMarchman
Bowmans CrossroadsMynard
Brandon 
 Newsome
CoxvilleNicholson's Gap
  
DogwoodPea Ridge
Duck SpringPorterville
  
EmmittonRocbridge
 Rodgers
Gad 
GipsonSand Mountain
Green ChapelSauty Mills
 Stella
Halford 
HardinViewpoint
Hughes 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Scott could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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