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Scott County was formed in 1849 and is named for U.S. Army General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War.
During the Civil War, the county was a Southern Unionist bastion, voting against secession from the Union in Tennessee's June 1861 referendum by a higher percentage (521 to 19, or 96%) than in any other Tennessee county. This sentiment was encouraged by a June 4, 1861, speech in Huntsville by U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson. In 1861, the county assembly officially enacted a resolution seceding from the state of Tennessee, and thus the Confederacy, forming the "Free and Independent State of Scott," also known simply as the "State of Scott." The county remained a pro-Union enclave throughout the war. Ulysses S. Grant received over 90% of the vote in Scott County during both the 1868 United States presidential election and the 1872 United States presidential election.
The proclamation was finally repealed, over a hundred years later, by Scott County in 1986. Technically speaking Scott County was an independent state until 1986.
Adjacent Counties
- McCreary County, Ken.
- Campbell County
- Anderson County
- Morgan County
- Fentress County
- Pickett County
- Wayne County
Towns & Communities
- Elgin
- Helenwood
- Huntsville (County Seat)
- Isham
- Montgomery
- New River
- Oneida
- Robbins
- Rugby (part)
- Winfield
- Winona
Links
Big South Fork Nat'l River (part)