Scott County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Founded
- November 24, 1814
- Named after
- Winfield Scott
- Seat
- Gate City
- Largest town
- Gate City
- Total
- 539 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 536 sq mi (1,390 km )
- Water
- 3.1 sq mi (8.0 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,200
- Density
- 40.3/sq mi (15.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .scottcountyva .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Scott County, VA | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Winfield Scott
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Contains
- Gate City
- Capital
- Gate City
- Population
- 21576
- Area
- 1395
- Shares border with
- Lee County
- Official website
- www.scottcountyva.com
- Image
- Scott County Courthouse, Gate City, Virginia.JPG
- Households
- 8710
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- topic's main category
- Category:Scott County, Virginia
- Commons category
- Scott County, Virginia
- inception
- 1814-11-24
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Scott County, Virginia
- different from
- Scott County
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Scott County
- per capita income
- 23702
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Encyclopedic overview
Scott County is a county located in the far southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia, on the border with Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,576. Its county seat is Gate City. Scott County was formed by an act of the General Assembly on November 24, 1814, from parts of Washington, Lee, and Russell counties and was named for Virginia-born General Winfield Scott. Scott County is part of the Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scott County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.