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Scott County Courthouse, Gate City, Virginia — CC BY-SA 3.0, Skye Marthaler · source

Scott County, Virginia

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About Scott County

Scott County is a county located in the far southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia, on the border with Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,576. Its county seat is Gate City. Scott County was formed by an act of the General Assembly on November 24, 1814, from parts of Washington, Lee, and Russell counties and was named for Virginia-born General Winfield Scott. Scott County is part of the Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.

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Facts

Scott County at a glance

County seat
Gate City
Population
21,576 (2020)
Land area
539 sq mi
Founded
1814

Communities

Largest communities in Scott County

  1. Gate City County seatpopulation 2,043
  2. Weber Citypopulation 1,250
  3. Nickelsvillepopulation 378
  4. Hiltonspopulation 334
  5. Dungannonpopulation 257

History

History of Scott County

The area was occupied for thousands of years by indigenous Native Americans. Early Anglo-European settlers found evidence of a former native village at the mouth of Stoney Creek on the Clinch River. Bands of Cherokee lived in the area. In 1769 Thomas McCulloch was the first white settler in what was later organized as the county. Daniel Boone commanded several forts located here in 1774 during Dunmore's War, and several more were built in successive years. Increased settlement of colonial Americans encroached on Cherokee territory. A group known by the settlers as the Chickamauga Cherokee (but they were not a separate tribe), was led by Bob Benge. They had armed confrontations with settlers during the Cherokee–American wars. Benge was killed in 1794, years after the United States gained independence in the American Revolution.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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