SCOTLAND COUNTY

Scotland was formed in 1899 from Richmond. It was named for the country of Scotland, the northern portion of the British Isles. It is in the southeastern section of the State and is bounded by the state of South Carolina and Richmond, Moore, Hoke and Robeson counties. The present land area is 319.14 square miles. The population from the 2010 Census was 36,157. Of that population, 16,822 were white, 13,943 were black or African American, 3,934 were American Indian, 276 were Asian, 8 were Pacific Islander and 385 were of a different race. Another 789 were reported to be of two or more races and 754 were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Laurinburg is the county seat.

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Scotland County is in the Lumber River Basin and is a part of the Coastal Plain region of the state.

References:

"American Factfinder." 2011. U. S. Census Bureau. Online at http://factfinder2.census.gov/. Accessed 3/3/2011.

Corbitt, David L. 2000. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943. Sixth printing. Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History.

Powell, William Stevens, and Michael R. Hill. 2010. The North Carolina gazetteer: a dictionary of Tar Heel places and their history. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Additional resources:

North Carolina Digital Collections (Government & Heritage Library and NC State Archives)

NC LIVE resources

NC Natural Heritage Program database

WorldCat (Searches numerous library catalogs)