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Scott County was created by an act of legislature in 1873, and named in honor of General Winfield Scott. For several years it had no population, and so needed no local form of government, but it was attached to Ford County for judicial purposes. Scott County was organized as a township of Finney County, and Scott Center (the present Scott City) was designated as the place of transacting public business. In June, 1886, Charles Reed was appointed enumerator of Scott County by the governor, and after taking the census, it was found that it had the required number of inhabitants (1,500) to proceed with a county organization.
The county has an area of 720 square miles and 460,800 acres, with an elevation of 3,000 feet. Four-fifths of the county is smooth, and reaches away before the vision like the placid surface of a wave less sea. Here and there are fine reaches of billowy prairie, with long graceful slopes dipping gently into valleys; long reaches of low-laying bottom lands skirt the clear-winding streams, which are generally flanked by low hills and occasional picturesque bluffs.
The land that the present day Scott County Courthouse stands on was purchased on July 15th, 1885 for $200.00 by Ida L. Eastman, from the United States Government. On July 27th, 1885, Miss Eastman sold 51 & 17/100 acres of her share to the Scott City Company for $2,000.00. Scott City Company then dedicated block 22 of their original plat to the public as a courthouse square on September, 18th, 1885. During a Commissioner meeting on July 7th, 1924, a petition signed by 814 legal voters of Scott County was approved, calling for the erection of a courthouse to be built in the county seat for a cost not to exceed $100,000.00. The cornerstone was laid on November 11, 1924.
Scott County has preserved its progressive nature and continues to be a thriving rural community offering many progressive features, but keeping its small town atmosphere. It’s known for its excellent schools, good shopping and dining, and its friendly people.
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