Scott County History The act of the legislature creating the county defined its borders as follows: Beginning four townships, or 24 miles, north of the Choctaw base line and four townships east of the Choctaw Doak's Stand line; thence northward 24 miles, westward 24 miles, southward 24 miles and thence eastward to the starting point. It will be noted that the county was originally square, and contained 576 square miles. There was, however, a strip on the east side of the Doak's Stand boundary line which had not been granted to any county. Four years after its creation Scott County was enlarged by the addition of all that portion of territory east of Pearl river and the old Choctaw boundary line, describing the dividing line between the Indian and white settlements prior to the Dancing Rabbit treaty of 1830 from the point where the same boundary line crosses Pearl river to the point where the same intersects the western boundary line of the county. This additional territory contained only 8 square miles, making a total of 584 square miles, or 373,760 acres in the county. With this exception the boundary lines of Scott county have not been changed since its creation. This county is about the size of an average county in Mississippi. It is situated in the south central part of the State, about half way between Jackson and Meridian. It is now in the fifth congressional, the eighth circuit court, and the thirteenth senatorial districts. The county is bounded by Newton on the east, Smith on south, Rankin on the west and Leake on the north with a very small portion touching Madison on the northwest. [Source: "Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society", 1913 - Submitted By Cathy Danielson] Public Officials 1858-1865 HOME ©Genealogy Trails