Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.
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—digitized titles
85historic places
—earliest paper
1792formed
57,155pop. 2020
17cemeteries
1CW battlefields
At a glance
Summary
The National Register of Historic Places includes 85 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Georgetown, Midway, Stamping Ground.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
Scott County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).
1800
1820
1840
1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1950
1960
1980
2000
2020
8,007
14,219
13,668
14,417
14,965
18,076
15,318
14,314
15,141
15,376
21,813
33,061
57,155
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
Cemeteries & historical places
USGS GNIS
17 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
Cemeteries — 17 of 17 listed
Name
Lat
Lon
Barnett Cemetery
38.39201
-84.63133
Bond Cemetery
38.29952
-84.70976
Burgess Cemetery
38.30229
-84.50188
Cedar Grove Cemetery
38.3034
-84.733
Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
38.15937
-84.5497
Gillespie Cemetery
38.4056
-84.52499
Hensley Cemetery
38.39093
-84.62614
Hinton Cemetery
38.34575
-84.49887
Knights of Pithias Cemetery
38.38437
-84.54036
Lindsay Cemetery
38.28784
-84.70272
Maple Grove Cemetery
38.21731
-84.53999
Masonic Cemetery
38.26034
-84.67411
Minorsville Cemetery
38.33756
-84.69161
Nelson Cemetery
38.47176
-84.57593
Riddle Cemetery
38.30673
-84.71578
Robey Cemetery
38.32579
-84.65022
Sharon Cemetery
38.29451
-84.49077
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
Civil War battlefields nearby
ABPP
American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.
Battlefield
Study acres
Dist.
Site ID
Cynthiana
2,429
27.7 km
KY011
Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).
Historical markers
HMdb link
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