Scott: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Places

Scott is the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Scott, Arkansas
• Scott, Louisiana
• Scott, New York
• Scott, Wisconsin (several places)
• Scott, Ohio
• Scott City, Kansas
• Scott City, Missouri
• various counties named Scott County
• Scott Township, Minnesota
• Scott Township, Pennsylvania (several places)

Elsewhere in the world is:

• Scott Island near Antarctica

"Scott" is also part of the name of:

• Fort Scott, Kansas
• Great Scott Township, Minnesota
• Scott AFB, Illinois
• Scott Lake, Florida

Many famous people have "Scott" as a first, middle, or last name:

• Dred Scott, slave whose case before the United States Supreme Court was one of the most famous in the 19th century
• Francis Scott Key, poet and lawyer, author of the poem that became the U. S. national anthem
• F. Scott Fitzgerald, author, cousin of Francis Scott Key and named for him
• George C. Scott, actor
• Randolph Scott, actor
• Robert Falcon Scott, Antarctic explorer and British naval officer
• Scott Joplin, composer
• Sir Walter Scott, author
• Winfield Scott, general and candidate for the presidency of the United States
• Winfield Scott Hancock, general and candidate for the presidency of the United States
• Steve Scott, U.S. record holder in the Mile run.