Scott is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

and

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located in

Bolivar County, Mississippi Bolivar County ( ) is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,985. Its county seats are Rosedale and Cleveland. The county is named in honor of Simón Bolívar, earl ...

, United States on

Mississippi Highway 1 Mississippi Highway 1 (MS 1) is a state highway in Mississippi that runs south from U.S. Highway 49 near Lula to U.S. Highway 61 south of Cary, roughly paralleling the Mississippi River. It travels approximately , serving Sharkey, Issaquena ...

. Scott is approximately north of

Lamont Lamont or LaMont may refer to: People *Lamont (name), people with the surname or given name ''Lamont'' or ''LaMont'' * Clan Lamont, a Scottish clan Places Canada *Lamont, Alberta, a town in Canada * Lamont County, a municipal district in Albert ...

and approximately south of Benoit. Scott was formerly home to three general stores. A post office first began operation under the name Scott in 1907. In 1927, Delta & Pine Land Company established its headquarters in Scott. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 90.

Demographics

2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

Education

It is a part of the

West Bolivar Consolidated School District The West Bolivar Consolidated School District is a public school district based in Rosedale, Mississippi (USA). It serves sections of Bolivar County. In addition to Rosedale, the district also serves the towns of Gunnison, Beulah, and Pace in ...

. It was formerly in the Benoit School District. The Benoit district merged into the West Bolivar district in 2014. The only K-12 school of the Benoit district,

Ray Brooks School Ray Brooks School was a K-12 school in unincorporated Bolivar County, Mississippi, near Benoit. In September 2015 it had 214 students. Its namesake was its first principal, Ray Brooks; it was originally known as the Nugent Center School,

, operated until 2020. From 1986 until 2000 Benoit School District sent high school students to

West Bolivar High School West Bolivar High School is a senior high school in Rosedale, Mississippi, and a part of the West Bolivar Consolidated School District (formerly the West Bolivar School District). In addition to Rosedale it serves Gunnison, Pace, and Symonds, an ...

of the West Bolivar district.Wilson hopes to break out the shoes'
" ''

Franklin County Times Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral divi ...

''. January 10, 2002. Retrieved on July 3, 2017.

Notable people

Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley; June 26, 1903 – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country music to mostly African American audiences. In the 1930s ...

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

musician *

Geraldine Hines Geraldine S. Hines (born October 29, 1947) is an American retired judge who formerly served served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 2014 to 2017. She was nominated in July 2014 by Massachusetts Governor Dev ...

, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 2014 to 2017

Gallery

File:ScottMississippiPostOffice.jpg, Post office in Scott File:Mississippi_River_Blues_Blues_Trail_Marker.jpg,

Mississippi Blues Trail The Mississippi Blues Trail was created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006 to place interpretive markers at the most notable historical sites related to the birth, growth, and influence of the blues throughout (and in some cases beyond) t ...

marker in Scott File:Looking south towards Scott, Mississippi.jpg, Looking south on

Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also co ...

towards Scott File:Deer Creek - Scott, Mississippi.jpg, Bridge of abandoned

line across Deer Creek in Scott

References

Unincorporated communities in Bolivar County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Census-designated places in Bolivar County, Mississippi {{BolivarCountyMS-geo-stub