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We found 36 communities that are also named Scott.
Within Louisiana, the name Scott is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of 36 communities that are located 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 ...
Alabama
DeKalb 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 Alabama community of Scott [DeKalb County].
Arkansas
Pulaski County
This Scott is located in Pulaski County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<2> to the north of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Scott.
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
This Scott is located in Johnson County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Scott.
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
This Scott is located in LaGrange County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Scott.
Iowa
Fayette County
This Scott is located in Fayette County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<2> to the north of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Scott.
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].
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
This Scott is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,189 miles [1,913.5 km]<2> to the north of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Scott.
Mississippi
Bolivar County
This Scott is located in Bolivar County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Scott.
Missouri
Cole County
This Scott is located in Cole County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<2> to the north of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cole County community of Scott.
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
This Scott is located in Coos County and lies 1,482 miles [2,385 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Scott.
New Mexico
Lea County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Lea County, we don't know where within the parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lea County community of Scott.
New York
Cortland County
This Scott is located in Cortland County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cortland County community of Scott.
Ohio
Noble County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Scott [Noble County].
Van Wert County
This Scott is located in Van Wert County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Wert County community of Scott.
Oklahoma
Caddo County
This Scott is located in Caddo County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Scott.
Ontario
This Scott lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
This Scott is located in Lackawanna County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Scott.
Quebec
This Scott lies 1,589 miles [2,557.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
Saskatchewan
This Scott lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Scott is located in Beaufort County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Scott.
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
This Scott is located in Marlboro County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the east northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marlboro County community of Scott.
Tennessee
Meigs County
This Scott is located in Meigs County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Scott.
Texas
Van Zandt County
This Scott is located in Van Zandt County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Scott.
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
This Scott is located in Walla Walla County and lies 1,807 miles [2,908.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Scott that is located in Lafayette Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Scott.
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
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, 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].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scott ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Scott to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scott and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Scott to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,643 miles [12,300.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,519 miles [8,882 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 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 parish. 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>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>
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 Scott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Scott to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2336, Longitude: -92.0938
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.59 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.229 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.972 degrees.