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Scott County, MissouriScott County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed for John Scott, Missouri congressman. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Scott CountyCreated by act of legislature December 28, 1821; organized from New Madrid County in 1822 and named in honor of Hon. John Scott (1782-1861), the first congressman from Missouri. The boundaries of the county were fixed as follows: "And now the county of New Madrid shall be and the same is hereby divided and erected into two separate counties, by a line running as follows: Beginning in the main channel of the river Mississippi opposite a small creek or bayou, called James Creek or Bayou; thence in a direct line to the mouth of said creek; thence in a northwestern course to a point in the swamp due north of the line between townships 25 and 26 east of the fifth principal meridian parallel with the northern boundary line of the tract of land situated in the upper end of Big Prairie originally granted and confirmed to Moses Hurley, and where Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips now lives; thence running due west to the western boundary line of said county of New Madrid; and that the said tract of the county lying to the south of said line shall be continued to be called and known by the name of New Madrid County and the tract of country lying north and east of said line shall be called Scott County." The present townships are: Sylvania, Kelso, Sandywoods, Commerce, Tywappity, Morley, Moreland, and Richland. (Douglass I 303, County Court Record, Ency. of Am. Biog., Goodspeed 353)
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