Do you know of Scotts Station ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Scotts Station. 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 Scotts Station.<1>

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

Communities Also Named Scotts Station ...

We found two communities that share the name Scotts Station.

Within Kentucky, the name Scotts Station is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
  - Atchison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Scotts Station [Atchison County].
  - Cole County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Scotts Station [Cole County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Scotts Station ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Scotts Station - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Scotts Station.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/69096 (Place Name: Scotts Station (Scotts))

County: Shelby (FIPS State/County: 21/211)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Scotts Station) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Shelby 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 Shelby County.

Badgdad	Logan

Edgehill	Mount Eden

Gloria	Needmore
	North Benson
Hansbrough
Hardinsville	Scotts
Helmsville	Scrabble
Hempridge	Snow Hill

Joyesdale	Zilpah
	Zilpha
Lawrence

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Scotts Station 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.