Scotland is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Jasper County,

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, United States. It is located slightly northwest of the junction of

Missouri Route 66 Route 66 is a fourteen-mile long road in Jasper County, Missouri. Route description Route 66 begins at the Kansas state line in Jasper County, Missouri, Jasper County, where it continues west into that state as K-66 (Kansas highway), K-66. F ...

and

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. A post office called Scotland was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1908. The community derives its name from Benjamin Scott, a local minister.

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