Official Name: | Scotland, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Telfair, Wheeler |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.78 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.71 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.46 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.43 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 173 |
Population Density Km2: | 46.57 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 120.64 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 32.0486°N -82.8181°W |
Elevation M: | 50 |
Elevation Ft: | 164 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31083 |
Area Code: | 912 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-69336[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0356523[3] |
Scotland is a city in Telfair and Wheeler counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2020, its population was 173.
The community was named after Scotland, the ancestral home of a large share of the first settlers.[4] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Scotland as a town in 1911.[5]
Scotland is located at 32.0486°N -82.8181°W (32.048683, -82.818080).[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.4sqmi, of which 1.4sqmi is land and 0.71% is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 300 people, 111 households, and 81 families residing in the city. In 2020, its population declined to 173.