Scott,_Mississippi

Scott, Mississippi

Scott, Mississippi

Census-designated place in Mississippi, United States

Scott is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States on Mississippi Highway 1. Scott is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Lamont and approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Benoit.

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Scott was formerly home to three general stores.[3]

A post office first began operation under the name Scott in 1907.[4]

In 1927, Delta & Pine Land Company established its headquarters in Scott.[5]

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 90.[6]

Demographics

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2020 census

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Education

It is a part of the West Bolivar Consolidated School District.[9] It was formerly in the Benoit School District.[10] The Benoit district merged into the West Bolivar district in 2014.[11] The only K-12 school of the Benoit district, Ray Brooks School, operated until 2020.[12] From 1986 until 2000 Benoit School District sent high school students to West Bolivar High School of the West Bolivar district.[13]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scott, Mississippi
  3. [3]
    Howe, Tony. "Scott, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Bolivar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  5. [5]
    Delta and Pine Land Company Records MSS.101 Retrieved 2013-12-07
  6. [6]
    "Scott CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  8. [8]
    "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Scott CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.
  9. [9]
    "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bolivar County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 9, 2021. which shows the location of Scott.
  10. [10]
    "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Bolivar County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 9, 2021. - Scott is not indicated directly on this map but it may be compared to the 2020 map.
  11. [11]
    "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
  12. [12]
    "Ray Brooks School Closes Its Doors". The Bolivar Bullet. May 14, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Wilson hopes to break out the shoes'." Franklin County Times. January 10, 2002. Retrieved on July 3, 2017.
  14. [14]
    Norm Cohen (2000). Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong. University of Illinois Press. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-252-06881-2.
  15. [15]
    "Associate Justice Geraldine S. Hines". Mass.gov. Retrieved May 22, 2021.


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