Scottland, Alabama

Scotland, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Scotland, Alabama
Scotland, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°01′36″N 85°42′23″W / 32.02667°N 85.70639°W / 32.02667; -85.70639
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyBullock
Elevation
551 ft (168 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID157027[1]

Scottland is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama, United States.[1][2]

During the 18th century, many settlers from other locales in the southern states were attracted to it as such reminiscent of their ancestral homelands in Scotland, and named it for those.

References

  1. ^ a b "Scottland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Scottland Topo Map, Bullock County AL
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