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Welcome to Scott ...

So far, we found very little information about Scott. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Scott to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Scott, please Contact Us.


Scott would have been located within present day Wood County<2>.


The location of Scott has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Scott, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Scott is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Scott was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Scott would have been located in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Scott ...

While we believe that this Scott is located in Wood County, we know of another 2 West Virginia communities named Scott. Those communities are located in the following counties: Braxton and Putnam County.

Beyond West Virginia, there are 36 communities that are also named Scott - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Texas, Washington (3) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Scott.

Communities near Scott ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Scott.

  • Parkersburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Marietta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Marietta is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <6>
  • Vienna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Vienna is located in Wood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <6>
  • Belpre
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
    • Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <6>
  • Williamstown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabeth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • North Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
    • North Hills is located in Wood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
  • Coolville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Chesterhill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterhill
    • Chesterhill is located in Morgan County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterhill <6>
  • Amesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
    • Amesville is located in Athens County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amesville <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Scott. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Scott.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Scott. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scott.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Scott. See our Newspapers Page for Scott.

Adding Scott to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Scott in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Scott was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Scott post office opened in 1882.

We also found Scott in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Scott.

The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

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 Scott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Wood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Scott - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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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