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Scotland County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Its county seat is and largest community is Laurinburg.The county was formed in 1899 from part of Richmond County and named in honor of the Scottish settlers who occupied the area in the 1700s.
Scotland County was the scene of three notable engagements during the American Civil War.The first happened at Etna on July 21, 1861. The 1st Northeast Missouri Home Guards under Colonel David Moore with assistance from additional units from Iowa and Illinois attacked pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard (MSG) forces using Etna as a training and resupply point.
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Laurinburg is a city in and the county seat of Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. [6] Located in southern North Carolina near the South Carolina border, Laurinburg is southwest of Fayetteville and is home to St. Andrews University. The population was 14,978 at the 2020 Census.
Tour (c. 1:100,000, except Scotland): One-sheet maps covering a generally county-sized area, showing major and most minor roads and containing tourist information and selected footpaths. Tour maps are generally produced from enlargements of 1:250,000 mapping. Several larger scale town maps are provided on each sheet for major settlement centres.
Jul. 19—LAURINBURG — A large crowd gathered Tuesday at the A.B. Gibson Center to witness the swearing-in of Scotland County Schools' newest district superintendent, Adell Baldwin. During the ...
Effie Neal Jones (1919–2002) - civil rights activist, Food Services Director, and Counselor for the Four County Head Start Program; Angus McLean (1870–1935) – Governor of North Carolina 1924–1928. [4] Malcolm ("Malcom") McLean (1913–2001) – trucking industry innovator and "father of containerization". [4]
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