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Place Description
Scottish Mountain

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°41'34" N., long. 83°05'08" W. Named for Scottish Mountain Lumber Co., which operated in the area in the 1920s. Alt. 4,290.

Scotts

community in W central Iredell County.

Scotts Creek

rises in NW Rutherford County and flows SE into Cove Creek.

Scotts Hill

community in SE Pender County served by post office, 1876-1943. Alt. 50.

Scotts Store

community in N Duplin County. Named for local storeowner, A. J. Scott.

Scottsville

See Belfast.

Scottville

community on Alleghany-Ashe county line. Alt. approx. 2,950. Settled about 1830 and known first as Flint Hill. Post office est. 1855 as Scottville; believed to have been named for Elizabeth Scott (1799-1856), local citizen. Post office closed, 1954.

Scranton

community in W Hyde County on Scranton Creek near Pungo River. Alt. 3. Originally known as Clark for the owner of a lumber mill there. Later renamed Scranton for another lumber mill that relocated from Scranton, Pa. Near the site of an old Indian village, Aquascogoc, which see.

Scranton Creek

rises in W Hyde County and flows W approx. 3.3 mi. into Pungo River. Formerly known as Broad Creek.

Scratch Hall Swamp

rises in W Gates County and flows W into Chowan River.