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Scott County is part of the Lexington–Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Aboriginal peoples inhabited the Scott County area for at least the last 15,000 years. Evidence of the Adena culture (800 B.C. - 800 A.D.) has been identified, including several significant Adena mounds.

The Scott County area was explored by white explorers as early as 1774. An early settler was John McClelland of Pennsylvania, who built McLelland's Fort overlooking the Georgetown spring. British-allied Native Americans attacked the post in 1777, during the American Revolution, and the fort was then abandoned. In 1783 a permanent settlement was established when Robert and Jemima Johnson built Johnson Station (later renamed Great Crossing), near the north fork of Elkhorn Creek (five miles west of present Georgetown).

This area was original part of the Virginia colony's frontier. In 1776 the Virginia legislature organized the western portion of its land as Kentucky County. In 1780 the county was divided into three large counties: Lincoln, Jefferson, and Fayette. In 1788, a portion of Fayette County was separate and became Woodford County.

On June 1, 1792, the new state of Kentucky became effective. An early act of the new state legislature divided Woodford County into two counties. One of these became Scott County,^[3] named for General Charles Scott, a Revolutionary War hero, who would serve as Kentucky's fourth governor (1808-1812).^[4] Its area was taken from the existing Woodford County. Other counties established before the end of 1792 were Clark, Shelby, Logan, and Green counties.

In 1784, Elijah Craig (1743-1808), a Virginia preacher, induced the Virginia legislature to incorporate the town of Lebanon, near the site of McLelland's Fort. In 1790 the town's name was changed to George Town, to honor then-President George Washington. Elijah Craig is also credited with founding the county's first classical school, the first sawmill, the first gristmill, the first fulling and paper mill, the first ropewalk, and (possibly) the area's first bourbon whiskey. In December 27, 1787, edition of the Kentucky Gazette, he solicited scholars to study at an academy that would open in January 1788 "in Lebanon town," and would offer courses in Latin, Greek,and "such branches of the sciences as are usually taught in public seminaries." Ten years later the school was absorbed by the Rittenhouse Academy, which was given by the state some 5,900 acres in Christian and Cumberland counties so that they might sell the land to benefit their endowment fund. The academy, in turn, was absorbed by Georgetown College in 1829.

The community went into a decline after the death of Elijah Craig in 1808. When Elder Barton Warren Stone (1772-1844), a founder of the Christian Churches movement during the Great Revival, moved to Georgetown in 1816 to become principal of Rittenhouse Academy, he found the community "notorious for its wickedness and irreligion."^[5]

In 1825, the Choctaw Nation established the Choctaw Academy at Blue Spring in Scott County. They operated the school for Choctaw boys until 1842, when it was closed. The staff and records moved to the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, where the Choctaw Nation had been relocated in the 1830s. In 1844 the Spencer Academy opened as the school for Choctaw boys, while a school was also opened for girls. Later in the century, they allowed Baptist missionaries to found the Armstrong Academy there.

During the American Civil War, Scott County furnished the Union Army with 118 soldiers, while about 1,000 enlisted in the Confederate Army. On November 18, 1861, Scott County native George W. Johnson was elected the provisional Confederate governor of Kentucky.^[6]

Scott County is a moist county, meaning that is a dry county with a wet city (Georgetown) within it.^[7]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|285|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|282|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.7|sqmi}} (1.3%) is water.^[8]

Adjacent counties

Demographics

As of the census^[14] of 2000, there were 33,061 people, 12,110 households, and 8,985 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|116|/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 12,977 housing units at an average density of {{convert|46|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 91.94% White, 5.35% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.82% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. 1.61% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 12,110 households out of which 38.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were married couples living together, 11.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.80% were non-families. 21.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 11.80% from 18 to 24, 32.60% from 25 to 44, 20.40% from 45 to 64, and 8.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $47,081, and the median income for a family was $54,117. Males had a median income of $40,604 versus $25,767 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,490. About 7.30% of families and 8.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.00% of those under age 18 and 12.10% of those age 65 or over.

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Notable people

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See also

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References

1. ^¹{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21209.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}
3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZFQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Vol. 2| publisher=Collins & Co.|author=Collins, Lewis|year=1882|page=26}}
4. ^The county was named for an American Revolutionary War hero, Gen. Charles Scott, who commanded the Kentucky Militia at the disastrous Battle of the Wabash in 1791.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luoxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 1|publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society|year=1903|page=37}} Scott later took part in the 1794 victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and served as governor from 1808 to 1812.
5. ^History - Georgetown/Scott County
6. ^Scott County History
7. ^Kentucky News
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13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 2, 2015}}
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