 mabscott is a town in raleigh county, west virginia, united states. the population was 1,408 at the 2010 census. the town's name is a contraction of the name mabel scott, wife of local coal operator cyrus h. scott.temple, robert d. edge effects: the border-name places, (2nd edition, 2009), iuniverse, isbn 978-0-595-47758-6, page 323. ==geography== mabscott is located at  (37.769581, -81.210139).{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=united states census bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|tit
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