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Scott County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
10historic places
—earliest paper
1814formed
21,576pop. 2020
433cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Maces Spring, Nickelville, Dungannon.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bush MillNickelvilleBuilding2008
Carter, A. P. and Sara, HouseMaces SpringBuilding1985
Carter, A. P., HomeplaceMaces SpringBuilding1976
Carter, A. P., StoreMaces SpringBuilding1985
Carter, Maybelle and Ezra, HouseMaces SpringBuilding1985
Flanary Archeological Site (44SC13)DungannonSite1983
Fulkerson-Hilton HouseHiltonsBuilding2002
Gate City Historic DistrictScottDistrict2010
Killgore Fort HouseNickelsvilleBuilding1972
Mt. Vernon Methodist ChurchMaces SpringBuilding1985

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Scott was formed in 1814 (1814-11-24) from Lee, Russell, Washington.

SCOTT created from LEE, RUSSELL, and WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Scott County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

28k16k4,2631820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,2637,30312,07217,23322,69424,77626,98927,64025,81325,06823,40321,576

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

433 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 433 listed
NameLatLon
Abijah Alley Cemetery36.6887-82.57682
Addington Cemetery36.7362-82.46515
Addington Cemetery36.73769-82.46343
Akard Cemetery36.60037-82.57209
Allen Cemetery36.77839-82.66393
Alley Valley Cemetery36.68819-82.60176
Anderson Cemetery36.60965-82.3652
Ash Cemetery36.66314-82.86044
Bagley Cemetery36.77974-82.57141
Bailey Cemetery36.72203-82.75543
Baker Cemetery36.65811-82.35221
Baker Cemetery36.87975-82.43461
Baker Cemetery36.74453-82.78877
Baldwin Cemetery36.78788-82.64253
Baldwin Cemetery36.79526-82.58933
Ballard Gillenwater Cemetery36.78009-82.5821
Banner - Finch Cemetery36.82113-82.44714
Banner Cemetery36.79426-82.51459
Barnett Cemetery36.6486-82.81304
Barr Cemetery36.60217-82.30704
Beard Cemetery36.77408-82.5968
Bellamy Cemetery36.59574-82.55966
Benton Cemetery36.63703-82.85933
Benton Cemetery36.62649-82.8814
Berry Cemetery36.79776-82.64327
Bickley Cemetery36.81317-82.49902
Bill Osborne Cemetery36.84065-82.47181
Blair Cemetery36.67086-82.59814
Blalock Cemetery36.60177-82.94285
Blankenbeckler Cemetery36.74898-82.47209
Bledsoe Cemetery36.63425-82.95211
Bledsoe Cemetery36.65897-82.92488
Bloomer Cemetery36.66464-82.90783
Bloomer Cemetery36.67594-82.89141
Boatright Cemetery36.72269-82.69612
Boatright Cemetery36.80214-82.60057
Booher Cemetery36.60593-82.32597
Booher's Chapel Cemetery36.61406-82.33769
Bostic Cemetery36.75704-82.35209
Bostic Cemetery36.65483-82.81848
Bowen - Peterson Cemetery36.74218-82.75245
Bowen Cemetery36.76264-82.78465
Bowen Cemetery36.69399-82.88089
Bowen Cemetery36.70747-82.87938
Bowen Cemetery36.69325-82.86453
Bowen-Shephard Cemetery36.75203-82.74543
Bowlin Cemetery36.64614-82.91047
Bowlin Cemetery36.64548-82.91115
Bradley Cemetery36.61949-82.39719
Bray Cemetery36.65893-82.72406
Brickey Cemetery36.76593-82.53237
Brickey Cemetery36.7957-82.598
Browder Cemetery36.59741-82.42105
Burchette Cemetery36.69403-82.84759
Buttry Cemetery36.69037-82.35375
Calhoun Cemetery36.61231-82.72404
Carter Cemetery36.65092-82.95461
Carter Cemetery36.67065-82.59182
Carter Cemetery36.74918-82.61905
Carter Cemetery36.68029-82.6915
Carter Cemetery36.69342-82.7296
Carter Cemetery36.72842-82.69821
Carter Cemetery36.74092-82.64904
Carter Cemetery36.75509-82.66238
Carter Cemetery36.80842-82.61543
Carter Cemetery36.74009-82.6896
Carter Cemetery36.65925-82.84655
Carter Cemetery36.70203-82.77488
Carter Cemetery36.70648-82.81766
Carter Cemetery36.6912-82.69228
Carter Chapel Cemetery36.80676-82.6121
Castle Cemetery36.76926-82.40126
Castle Cemetery36.79065-82.44931
Castle Cemetery36.74537-82.37792
Catron Cemetery36.6237-82.54209
Cattron Cemetery36.61592-82.97183
Chapman Cemetery36.77582-82.63684
Childress Cemetery36.84537-82.46265
Clendenen Cemetery36.68537-82.80599
Click Cemetery36.60732-82.54265
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Riggs36.76176-82.64905
Valaho36.82093-82.57627

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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