Place:Scottsboro, Jackson, Alabama, United States

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NameScottsboro
Alt namesSage Townsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1020361
Scotts Millsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1020361
Scottsboroughsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1020361
Scottsvillesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1020361
TypeCity
Coordinates34.651°N 86.042°W
Located inJackson, Alabama, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Scottsboro is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Alabama, United States. The city was named for its founder Robert T. Scott. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 14,770.

From its incorporation in 1870 until 1890, it was the largest community in Jackson County, losing the distinction from 1900 to 1920 to Bridgeport, but reclaiming the title in 1930 and holding it since that time.

It is located 30 miles each from the state boundaries of Georgia to the east (Dade County) and Tennessee to the north, about 45 miles from Huntsville, Alabama to the west and about 55 miles from Chattanooga, Tennessee to the northeast.

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