Scotland County, Missouri

Scotland County is a county in Missouri. The population of the county is 4,843.
Scotland County 	Missouri
Founded 	January 29, 1841
Named for 	Scotland
County seat 	Memphis
Population 	4,843
Habitat 	Farmland
Cong. District 	6th
County Guildmaster	Mason Stewart
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
US Route 136
US Route 136 Business
Missouri Route 15
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Clark County (east)
Davis County, Iowa and Van Buren County, Iowa (north)
Knox County (south)
Adair County (southwest)
Schuyler County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
97.36% White (4,715)
1.53% Other (74)
1.12% Black or African American (54)
14.9% (721) of Scotland County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Scotland County has very low rates of Pokemon theft and murder, not reporting a single Pokemon theft in 2019, and averaging 0.49 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location	Rate
Charmander 	Farmland	1-20%
Charmeleon 	Farmland	1-5%
Rattata 	Farmland	1-35%
Raticate 	Farmland	1-20%
Ekans 	Farmland	1-25%
Arbok 	Farmland	1-12%
Pikachu 	Farmland	1-67%
Raichu 	Farmland	1-50%
Sandshrew 	Farmland	1-10%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Farmland	1-17%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Farmland	1-7%
Vulpix 	Farmland	1-10%
Ponyta 	Farmland	1-40%
Rapidash 	Farmland	1-20%
Electabuzz 	Farmland	1-47%
Tauros 	Farmland	1-8%
Eevee 	Farmland	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Jolteon 	Farmland	1-15%
Flareon 	Farmland	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Farmland	1-35%
Quilava 	Farmland	1-20%
Typhlosion 	Farmland	1-3%
Pichu 	Farmland	1-59%
Mareep 	Farmland	1-68%
Flaaffy 	Farmland	1-58%
Ampharos 	Farmland	1-45%
Espeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Umbreon 	Farmland	1-5%
Elekid 	Farmland	1-69%
Electrike 	Farmland	1-68%
Manectric 	Farmland	1-53%
Plusle/Minun 	Farmland	1-72%
Zangoose 	Farmland	1-25%
Seviper 	Farmland	1-10%
Chimchar 	Farmland	1-20%
Monferno 	Farmland	1-5%
Shinx 	Farmland	1-72%
Luxio 	Farmland	1-57%
Luxray 	Farmland	1-39%
Pachirisu 	Farmland	1-67%
Leafeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Glaceon 	Farmland	1-5%
Tepig 	Farmland	1-20%
Pignite 	Farmland	1-5%
Emolga 	Farmland	1-67%
Skiddo 	Farmland	1-35%
Gogoat 	Farmland	1-17%
Helioptile 	Farmland	1-68%
Heliolisk 	Farmland	1-52%
Sylveon 	Farmland	1-5%
Dedenne 	Farmland	1-63%
Togedemaru 	Farmland	1-69%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Memphis - 1,822
=== Towns ===
Arbela - 41
Rutledge - 109
South Gorin - 91
=== Villages ===
Granger - 34
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Azen
Bible Grove
Brock
Crawford
Edinburg
Energy
Etna
Hitt
Kilwinning
Middle Fabius
Pleasant Retreat
Prospect Grove
Sand Hill
Unity
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	38 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	19 inches
Average yearly sunny days	197
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	8 (High)
Blizzard risk 	6 (Moderate)
== Fun facts ==
* Politically, Scotland County has become overwhelmingly Republican in most elections.
* Scotland County was the scene of three notable engagements during the American Civil War.
* In the 1880s, a group called The Tax-payers' Association of Scotland County formed to resist paying local taxes and to intimidate any potential bidders on horses and mules that had been seized to cover those taxes. The handling of county debt collection went to the Supreme Court in Findlay v. McAllister.
* The Rutledge area is the home to three intentional communities: Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, a growing ecovillage on 280 acres (1.1 km2) of rolling land, Sandhill Farm, and Red Earth Farms.
* In the late 1920s, Memphis was the birthplace of The Pheasant Aircraft Company.
* Adrienne Wilkinson, notable for playing Livia/Eve on Xena: Warrior Princess and Nikki on As If, was born in Memphis.
* The Scotland County Electric Reservation is located north of Memphis.
* The Indian Hills Conservation Area is located near Bible Grove.
* Memphis has little in the way of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, electric showers, a municipal airport, Casey's, Subway, a few public battle fields, a sports complex, Carquest Auto Parts, Sunrise Motel, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, a city pool, Memphis Lake, a dirt track, Scotland County Fairgrounds, a disc golf course, Los Cobos, Lacey's Family Diner, and that's about it.
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