Scotland, Connecticut
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'''Scotland''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham County]], [[Connecticut]], in the [[United States]]. As of the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]], the town population was 1,556.
==History==
In 1700 Isaac Magoon purchased 1,950 acres of land from then [[Windham, CT|Windham]] and thus began Scotland’s History. He named the town Scotland as a way of commemorating his ancestral home. Scotland was incorporated in May of 1857. [http://www.scotlandct.org/about.html]
==Attractions==
Scotland is home to the [[D'Elia Antique Tool Museum]]. The museum was built in 2005 and is housed in the same building as the Scotland Public Library. It is the home of over 1200 antique woodworking planes dating back to the mid-1700s.
==On the National Register of Historic Places==
* '''March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road''' — Palmer Road, from intersection with Miller Road to East of junction with Pudding Hill Road (added [[July 6]], [[2003]])
* '''Samuel Huntington Birthplace''' — [[Route 14 (Connecticut)|Route 14]], 2 miles west of [[Route 97 (Connecticut)|Route 97]] (added [[December 11]], [[1971]])
* '''The Edward Waldo House''' — Waldo Rd., intersects with [[Route 97 (Connecticut)|Route 97]] (added 1978)
==Notable people, past and present==
[[Image:Samuel huntington.jpg|thumb|Samuel Huntington, 1731-1796, drawn from the life by Du Simitier in Philadelphia; engraved by B.L. Prevost at Paris.]]
* [[Samuel Huntington (statesman)|Samuel Huntington]] (1731–1796) a leading Patriot in the [[American Revolution]] who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the [[Declaration of Independence]], was born in Scotland.
==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 18.7 [[square mile]]s (48.3 [[km²]]), of which, 18.6 square miles (48.2 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.27%) is water. It was incorporated in 1857.
==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 1,556 people, 553 households, and 425 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 83.6 people per square mile (32.3/km²). There were 577 housing units at an average density of 31.0/sq mi (12.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.69% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.45% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.51% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.19% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.51% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.58% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.31% of the population.
There were 553 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.16.
In the town the population was spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $56,848, and the median income for a family was $60,147. Males had a median income of $40,871 versus $29,830 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $22,573. About 4.0% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
==External links==
* [http://www.scotlandct.org/ Town of Scotland, CT]
* [http://www.deliatoolmuseum.com/ D'Elia Antique Tool Museum]
* [http://huntingtonhomestead.org/ Samuel Huntington Homestead]
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