- Population: 40,422 (Change since 1990: +2.7%)
- Created: December 28, 1821
- County seat: Benton
- Largest town: Sikeston (Pop. 16,992)
- Name origin: John Scott
- Austin Switch (Historical)
- Located at intersection CR 525 and old railroad alignment
northwest of Diehlstadt
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'07" N, 89°27'11" W
- Survey: T. 27 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 20
- Elevation: 326
- Civil township: Tywappity
- USGS Quad: Bertrand (Not shown)
- Point on the Belmont Branch between Porter and Diehlstadt
- Beaverdam (Historical)
- Located to the west of CR 438 northeast of Vanduser along the old railroad grade, near Buggs Cemetery
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'30" N, 89°40'16" W
- Survey: T. 27 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 5
- Elevation: 314
- Civil township: Morley
- USGS Quad: Oran (Not shown)
- Point on the Frisco Leachville Line between Vanduser and Brooks Junction
- Benton (Fourth-class city)
- Population: 732 (Change since 1990: +27.3%)
- Located near intersections US 61, MO 77, and Route E
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'49" N, 89°33'44" W
- Name origin: Thomas Hart Benton
- Founded: 1822 by Capt. William Meyers
- Bleda (Historical)
- Not to be confused with Bleda, the post-office name
for Caney Creek which was a railroad station located north
of Oran
- Located somewhere south of Oran
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'14" N, 89°38'15" W
- Elevation: 369
- Civil township: Sylvania
- USGS Quad: Oran (Not shown)
- Station on Frisco Mainline between
Oran and Sikeston
- Maps: 1918 and 1944
- Blodgett (Village)
- Population: 265 (Change since 1990: +31.2%)
- Located at intersection Route H and Route U southeast of Benton
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'15" N, 89°31'34" W
- Name origin: Wells H. Blodgett
- Founded: October 21, 1870 by Nathan Linton
- Brooks Junction (Unincorporated)
- Located on a county road off MO 91 southwest of Morley
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°01'27" N, 89°38'33" W
- Civil township: Morley
- School district: Scott County Central
- USGS Quad: Oran
- Intersection of the Frisco St. Louis and Memphis Line and the
Leachville Line
- Map: MoDOT
- Browns (Unincorporated)
- Located at the intersection of Business US 60, MO 114, and Route
BB southwest of Sikeston and right on the New Madrid County line
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°51'45" N, 89°37'58" W
- Survey: T. 26 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 26
- Civil township: Rootwad
- School district: Sikeston R-6
- USGS Quad: Morehouse
- Butler (Historical)
- Located between Perkins and Randles on Route P
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'07" N, 89°45'53" W
- Survey: T. 28 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 6
- Elevation: 328
- Civil township: Sylvania
- USGS Quad: Bell City (Benchmark shown)
- Caney Creek (Unincorporated)
- Caney Creek was the name of the railroad station while
Bleda was the name of the post office. See also
the other Scott County Bleda.
- Previously known as: Bleda
- Located on CR 262 west of MO 77
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'46" N, 89°41'15" W
- Survey: T. 29 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 35
- Elevation: 334
- Civil township: Sylvania
- School district: Oran R-3
- USGS Quad: Chaffee
- Station on the Belmont Branch between Delta and Oran
- Maps: 1865 (Shows Caney Creek), 1889 (Shows "Caney St."), 1895 McNally (Bleda), 1897 Galbraith (Bleda), 1904 McNally (Caney Cr./Bleda PO), 1912 (Bleda), 1920 Clason (Caney Cr./Bleda PO), and MoDOT
- Capedeau Junction (Unincorporated)
- Railroad junction between Illmo Line and Semo Port Railroad
- Chaffee (Third-class city)
- Population: 3,044 (Change since 1990: -0.5%)
- Located on MO 77 between Dutchtown and Oran
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'47" N, 89°39'34" W
- Name origin: Chaffee Real Estate Co.
- Founded: 1905
- Post office: Sept. 23, 1905-Now
- Commerce (Fourth-class city)
- Population: 110 (Change since 1990: -36.4%)
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°09'26" N, 89°26'47" W
- Post office: May 23, 1834 - Now
- Crawford (Historical)
- Located southeast of Morley
- Civil township: Sandywoods
- Station on the Belmont Branch between Morley and Blodgett
- Crowder (Unincorporated)
- Formerly incorporated with a 1970 population of 89
- Located on Route Z south of Vanduser
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'45" N, 89°40'60" W
- Survey: T. 27 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 20
- Civil township: Rootwad
- School district: Scott County Central
- USGS Quad: Vanduser
- Cypress (Historical)
- Located north of Diehlstadt where
the old road between Charleston and Benton
crossed Northcut Cypress Slough
- Survey: T. 27 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 9
- Post office: Aug. 19, 1843 - Oct. 4, 1858; Dec. 30, 1859 - June 6, 1864
- Maps: 1855, 1862 War Colton, and 1866
- Source: Shrum
- Diehlstadt (Village)
- Population: 163 (Change since 1990: +12.4%)
- Located on MO 77 north of US 62
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'32" N, 89°25'53" W
- Name origin: Henry Diehl
- Founded: June 15, 1870 by John Kirkpatrick
- Post office: Jan. 14, 1870 - 1977
- Elkins Landing (Historical)
- Located along the Mississippi River off Route N near the north end of Buffalo Island
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°01'60" N, 89°22'15" W
- Survey: T. 27 N., R. 16 E., Sec. 6
- Elevation: 320
- Civil township: Tywappity
- USGS Quad: Cache (Not shown)
- Froemsdorf (Historical)
- Alternate name: Fremsdorf
- Located near Route N east of Scott City
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'21" N, 89°29'22" W
- Survey: T. 30 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 34
- Elevation: 403
- Civil township: Kelso
- USGS Quad: Thebes (Not shown)
- Maps: 1902 (Frensdorf), 1904 McNally, 1920 Clason (Fremsdorf), and 1928 Frisco (Fremsdorf)
- Grays Point (Historical)
- Previously known as: Ross' Point
- Alternate name: Graysboro
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°14'25" N, 89°28'07" W
- Elevation: 342
- Civil township: Kelso
- USGS Quad: Thebes
- Named for William Gray, a steamboat captain who settled
here.
- Sources: Houck (vol. 1 and p. 245)
- Harbinson (Historical)
- Located south of Vanduser
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°55'53" N, 89°41'02" W
- Elevation: 305
- Civil township: Rootwad
- USGS Quad: Vanduser (Not shown)
- Point on Leachville Line between Vanduser and Morehouse
- Haywood City (Village)
- Population: 239 (Change since 1990: -9.1%)
- Located on Route U east of US 61
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'45" N, 89°36'05" W
- Hilltop (Historical)
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'54" N, 89°30'24" W
- Survey: T. 30 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 33
- Elevation: 500
- Civil township: Kelso
- USGS Quad: Scott City (Not shown)
- Map: 1904 McNally
- Jones Spur (Historical)
- Located between Commerce and Benton
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'25" N, 89°29'03" W
- Survey: T. 28 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 2
- Elevation: 323
- Civil township: Commerce
- USGS Quad: Thebes SW (Not shown)
- Point on the Leachville Line
- Kaechels (Historical)
- Probably located along Route M west of Scott City
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'59" N, 89°34'36" W
- Survey: T. 29 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 2
- Elevation: 340
- Civil township: Kelso
- USGS Quad: Scott City (Not shown)
- Point on the Illmo Branch railroad between Rockview and Scott City
- Kelso (Village)
- Population: 527 (Change since 1990: +0.2%)
- Located on US 61 southwest of Scott City
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'44" N, 89°33'06" W
- Post office: May 1, 1840 - Mar. 30, 1843 (Spring Hill);
Mar. 30, 1858 - July 8, 1861 (Kelso); June 23, 1874 - Now
- Lambert (Village)
- Population: 49 (Change since 1990: +36.1%)
- Located adjacent to Benton on the southeast
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'42" N, 89°33'11" W
- Lone Rock (Historical)
- Located between Chaffee and Oran along MO 77
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'47" N, 89°40'19" W
- Survey: T. 29 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 36
- Elevation: 342
- Civil township: Sylvania
- USGS Quad: Chaffee
- Point on the Frisco Line south of Chaffee
- Map: 1930 Frisco
- Lusk (Unincorporated)
- Located at the intersection of Route NN and Route N north of Charleston
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°01'56" N, 89°22'54" W
- Elevation: 324
- Civil township: Tywappity
- USGS Quad: Thebes SW
- Map: MoDOT
- Manning (Historical)
- Maxville (Historical)
- Located somewhere southwest of Benton
- Maps: 1861, 1862 (Shown on road between Benton and Sikeston), 1866, 1867, and 1869 (Maxville shown near Iron Mountain railroad)
- McMullin (Unincorporated)
- Located near the intersection of US 61 and CR 450
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'15" N, 89°37'13" W
- Civil township: Rootwad
- School district: Scott County Central
- USGS Quad: Sikeston North
- Maps: MoDOT and DeLorme Missouri
- Miner (Fourth-class city)
- Population: 1,056 (Change since 1990: -13.3%)
- Located adjacent to Sikeston on the east
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°53'31" N, 89°32'09" W
- Name origin: Mr. Minner
- Founded: by William Howard McGill
- Moore Landing (Historical)
- Alternate name: Mooreland
- Located on the Mississippi River upstream from Price Landing near Route N
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'12" N, 89°23'23" W
- Survey: T. 28 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 34
- Elevation: 325
- Civil township: Tywappity
- USGS Quad: Thebes SW (Not shown)
- Map: 1976 Mississippi River
- Morley (Fourth-class city)
- Population: 792 (Change since 1990: +16.0%)
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'33" N, 89°36'48" W
- Name origin: James H. Morley
- Founded: September 1868 by the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Co.
- New Hamburg (Unincorporated)
- Formerly incorporated with a 1970 population of 185
- Alternate name: New Hamburgh
- Located on Route A northwest of Benton
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'35" N, 89°35'36" W
- Elevation: 459
- Civil township: Moreland
- School district: Kelso C-7
- USGS Quad: Scott City
- The German immigrants named the town
after Hamburg, Germany.
- Founded: May 9, 1866
- Maps: 1861 (Hamburgh), 1862 (Hamburg), 1867 (Hamburgh), 1880 (Shows New Hamburg, but in wrong location), and 1895 McNally
- New York (Historical)
- Located on the Mississippi River north of Commerce
and opposite Thebes, Illinois
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°09'60" N, 89°26'41" W
- Survey: T. 29 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 19
- Elevation: 320
- Civil township: Commerce
- USGS Quad: Thebes (Not shown)
- Maps: 1857 Colton, 1862 Colton, and 1866
- Oran (Fourth-class city)
- Population: 1,264 (Change since 1990: +8.6%)
- Located south of Chaffee near intersection MO 77 and Route W
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'04" N, 89°39'15" W
- Name origin: Oran, Algeria
- Founded: 1869
- Parker (Historical)
- Previously known as: Aderton
- Alternate name: Parkers Station
- Located on railroad just north of Caney Creek
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'52" N, 89°40'17" W
- Survey: T. 29 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 26
- Elevation: 325
- Civil township: Sylvania
- USGS Quad: Oran
- Maps: 1878 (Parker's), 1880, and 1889 Polk
- Source: Shrum (p. 267)
- Perkins (Unincorporated)
- Located on Route P northeast of Painton
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'41" N, 89°46'31" W
- Elevation: 329
- Civil township: Sylvania
- School district: Oran R-3
- USGS Quad: Bell City
- Pleasant Plains (Historical)
- Porter (Historical)
- Located at the intersection CR 518 and CR 517 southeast of Blodgett
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'49" N, 89°28'39" W
- Survey: T. 27 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 18
- Elevation: 320
- Civil township: Sandywoods
- USGS Quad: Bertrand (Not shown)
- Point on the Belmont Branch railroad between Blodgett and Diehlstadt
- Price Landing (Historical)
- Alternate name: Prices Landing
- Located on the Mississippi River near Lusk and the
intersection of Route N and Route NN
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'13" N, 89°22'42" W
- Civil township: Tywappity
- USGS Quad: Thebes SW
- Named for Archibald Price, postmaster
- Post office: Feb. 1, 1859 - Oct. 27, 1864; Nov. 14, 1865 - Apr. 14, 1875
- Maps: 1872 and 1889 Polk
- Source: Shrum (p. 195)
- Redman (Historical)
- Rockview (Unincorporated)
- Located just off Route M northeast of Chaffee
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'08" N, 89°38'22" W
- Survey: T. 29 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 5
- Elevation: 329
- Civil township: Kelso
- USGS Quad: Chaffee
- Named for the rocky outcropping known as Lost Hill located within
view of the town
- Rural Forest (Historical)
- Located somewhere southwest of Blodgett
- Post office: Aug. 14, 1867 - May 9, 1871
- Maps: 1872 and 1877
- Source: Shrum (p. 225)
- Salcedo (Unincorporated)
- Located at intersection Route Y and Route Z west of Sikeston
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°53'20" N, 89°40'60" W
- Survey: T. 26 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 17
- Elevation: 304
- Civil township: Rootwad
- School district: Sikeston R-6
- USGS Quad: Vanduser
- Named for Don Manuel de Salcedo, the
Spanish Governonr of Texas in 1803
- Source: Ramsay (p. 49)
- Sand Pit Spur (Historical)
- Located intersection CR 518 and a county road just beyond Route O
southeast of Blodgett
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'06" N, 89°29'15" W
- Survey: T. 27 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 13
- Elevation: 323
- Civil township: Sandywoods
- USGS Quad: Bertrand (Not shown)
- Point on the Belmont Branch between Blodgett and Porter
- Sand Siding (Historical)
- Sargent (Unincorporated)
- Located between Miner and Bertrand along US 62
and very near the Mississippi County line
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°54'03" N, 89°30'21" W
- Survey: T. 26 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 14
- Elevation: 311
- Civil township: Richland
- School district: Sikeston R-6
- USGS Quad: Sikeston North
- Scott City (Third-class city)
- Population: 4,591 (Change since 1990: +7.0%)
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'07" N, 89°31'27" W
- Name origin: Scott County
- Includes: Ancell, Fornfelt, and Illmo
- Sikeston (Third-class city)
- Population: 16,992 (Change since 1990: -3.7%)
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°52'46" N, 89°35'07" W
- Name origin: John Sikes
- Founded: April 30, 1860 by John Sikes
- Tanner (Unincorporated)
- Located at the intersection Route Z and Route ZZ northeast of Sikeston
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°55'05" N, 89°40'60" W
- Survey: T. 26 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 5
- Civil township: Rootwad
- School district: Sikeston R-6
- USGS Quad: Vanduser
- Tressville (Historical)
- Alternate name: Tress
- Point on Frisco railroad between Oran
and Brooks Junctioon
- Map: 1904
- Vanduser (Village)
- Population: 217 (Change since 1990: +16.0%)
- Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'29" N, 89°41'12" W
- Name origin: John Vanduser
- Wasatsh (Historical)
- Alternate name: Wasatch
- Located on Route N southwest of Commerce
- Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'24" N, 89°27'47" W
- Survey: T. 29 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 36
- Elevation: 326
- Civil township: Commerce
- USGS Quad: Thebes (Only shown on historical quads, including the Paducah 1:125,000 quad
from 1949, revised 1969)
- West Philadelphia (Historical)
- Alternate name: Philadelphia
- Located on the Mississippi River north of Price Landing
- Survey: Survey #12
- Post office: June 23, 1837 - Oct. 23, 1844
- Maps: 1844, 1857 Colton, 1862, and 1866
- Wrays (Historical)
Name origin
Named after John Scott, first US Congressman from Missouri
| Year | Population | Percent change |
|---|
| 1830 | 2,136 | -- |
| 1840 | 5,974 | +179.7% |
| 1850 | 3,182 | -46.7% |
| 1860 | 5,247 | +64.9% |
| 1870 | 7,317 | +39.5% |
| 1880 | 8,587 | +17.4% |
| 1890 | 11,228 | +30.8% |
| 1900 | 13,092 | +16.6% |
| 1910 | 22,372 | +70.9% |
| 1920 | 23,409 | +4.6% |
| 1930 | 24,913 | +6.4% |
| 1940 | 30,377 | +21.9% |
| 1950 | 32,842 | +8.1% |
| 1960 | 32,748 | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 33,250 | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 39,647 | +19.2% |
| 1990 | 39,376 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 40,422 | +2.7% |
