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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Scotia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Scotia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Scotia, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Scotia (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Scotia. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Scotia is historic, it would have been located within present day Pope County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pope County: Conway, Johnson, Logan, Newton, Van Buren & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Scotia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotia:
- Pope County (The home county of Scotia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Augsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Augsburg is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augsburg
- Ross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ross is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Taral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Taral is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taral
- Bernice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bernice is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- North Dardanelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Dardanelle is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dardanelle
- Center Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Center Valley is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Silex is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
- Pottsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
- Former names for Pottsville:
- Pott's Inn
- Pott's Station
- Moreland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Moreland is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Pontoon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pontoon is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
- Winrock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Winrock is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winrock
- Jerusalem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Old Hickory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Hattieville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Alix
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alix is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alix
- Denning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Denning is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Altus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wiederkehr Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wiederkehr Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiederkehr Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Piney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Knoxville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Lamar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hagarville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hagarville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagarville
- Clarksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spadra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spadra is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Ludwig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ludwig is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
- Strawberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Strawberry is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Union City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Lone Pine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Hartman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hartman is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Harmony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Coal Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Delaware
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- New Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Morrison Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morrison Bluff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Scranton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Scranton is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Sand Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Ridge is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Cotton Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cotton Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Subiaco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Corley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Paris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Carbon City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Carbon City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon City
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Casa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Adona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Dardanelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chickalah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Petit Jean
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Petit Jean is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petit Jean
- Belleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Danville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Havana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marvinville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marvinville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvinville
- Ola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Plainview
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Birta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Birta is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotia, see our County-by-County Page for Scotia.
Cemeteries Near Scotia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotia.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Scotia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shoptaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pledger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Swann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- London Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Utley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chastain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Durvin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- Stinnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bullock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Scotia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scotia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotia, with the one closest to Scotia listed first.
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Piney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Delaware
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Mill Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Knoxville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Augsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Augsburg is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augsburg
- Mount Nebo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Nebo is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Ross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ross is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lamar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dardanelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lutherville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lutherville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutherville
- Dublin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dublin is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Chickalah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotia.
Newspapers Published in Scotia ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotia, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scotia.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Scotia:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Pope County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Conway County
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Logan County
- Perry County
- Yell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Scotia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scotia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |