Official Name: | Scotland, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Scotland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Greene |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Taylor |
Area Total Km2: | 1.49 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.49 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.58 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.58 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 98 |
Population Density Km2: | 65.65 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 170.14 |
Coordinates: | 38.9128°N -86.9039°W |
Elevation Ft: | 614 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47424 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-68382[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583469 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Scotland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 134.[3]
The Scotland post office was established in 1837.[4] A majority of the early settlers were natives of the country of Scotland.[5]
The Scotland Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Scotland is located in southern Greene County. The southern border of the CDP follows the Martin and Daviess county lines. State Roads 45 and 58 pass just north of the community and intersect U.S. Route 231 at Interstate 69 west of the community. Owensburg is 10miles to the east, Bloomfield (the Greene County seat) is 9miles to the north, and Loogootee is to the south. I-69 leads northeast to Bloomington and southwest to Washington.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Scotland CDP has a total area of 1.5sqkm, all of it land.[3] It is situated on high ground to the south of Doans Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the White River and part of the Wabash River watershed.
It is in the Bloomfield School District.[6]