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The Town of Scott

 

Gateway to the Finger Lakes...

WELCOME

Welcome to the Town of Scott official website!  Located in the northwestern corner of Cortland County, we are the only town in the county to lay claim to a Finger Lake within our boundaries; Skaneateles Lake, one of the cleanest lakes in the northeast.  Our scenic vistas are breathtaking and our community is small and caring.





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ABOUT SCOTT

 
The Town of Scott, named after General Winfield Scott, was broken off from the Town of Preble and became a town on April 14, 1815.  Settled mainly by pioneers from New England and eastern NYS, early pioneers found life difficult.  Bears, wolves and panthers were challenges to early settlers, and a $15.00 bounty on wolves was noted in the town minutes in both 1818 and 1821. 

The steep hills in town made traditional farming difficult for early settlers, but dairy farms prospered. With the onset of the Great Depression, some farms couldn’t survive economically.  As a result, NYS purchased the farms for an innovative new project: reforestation.  In 1929, the Town of Scott became the first in NYS to house a state forest.  Named after Senator Charles Hewitt from Cayuga County, the Hewitt State Forest was planted by the Civilian Conservation Corps based in nearby Sempronius and numbers 937 acres.

The town is also the only one in Cortland County to have the distinction of a future president on the payroll.  In 1815, Millard Fillmore spent one term as a town school teacher.     

Again, welcome to the Town of Scott!  We look forward to hearing from you! 

 
LOCATION

The Town of Scott is located in beautiful Central New York.
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