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History · Scottsburg

31% of Scottsburg’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1880.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Scottsburg’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Scottsburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 335 in 1980; 127 people lived here in 2020.
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People over time

Scottsburg, census by census

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Peaked at 335 in 1980; 127 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story so far

Scottsburg, in brief

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

Scottsburg is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Scottsburg had a population of 127.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 119 to 127 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Scottsburg, 1800 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1800Post officeThe Scottsburg post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 335
By decade

Scottsburg, decade by decade

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On the map

Scottsburg on the map, 1954 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Scottsburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Scottsburg on the 1954 USGS mapScottsburg on the 1968 USGS mapScottsburg on the 1979 USGS map1954Halifax sheet · 1:62,500

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

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.