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Scotland County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 29, 1841
- Named after
- Scotland
- Seat
- Memphis
- Largest city
- Memphis
- Total
- 439 sq mi (1,140 km )
- Land
- 437 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Water
- 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,796
- Density
- 10.8/sq mi (4.17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .scotlandcountymo .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Scotland County is a county in northeastern Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,716, making it Missouri's seventh-least populous county. Its county seat is Memphis. The county was organized on January 29, 1841, and named for the country of Scotland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scotland County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.