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History · Scotia

Scotia’s post office opened in 1891

Most of Scotia was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1988 on and the census since 1910.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Scotia began

When was Scotia founded?

1891

The Scotia post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 189 in 19102020 census: 158135 years
Founding year: the first Scotia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Scotia’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Scotia are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1930 and 1970, then more than doubled.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Scotia’s history is told.

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People over time

Scotia, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020324 in 1930Low: 64

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1930 and 1970, then more than doubled.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Scotia’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Scotia, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Scotia yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Scotia is a town in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Scotia had a population of 158.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 215 to 158 (-27%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Scotia, 1891 to 1988

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Scotia post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 324
  5. 1964Post officeThe Scotia post office closes
  6. 1988On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Scotia on the map in 1988

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Scotia.

Scotia on the 1988 USGS map1988Furman sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Scotia.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Scotia had its own post office from 1891 to 1964.

Scotia
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18901960today
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Scotia Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Scotia’s history

What year was Scotia founded?

The Scotia post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.