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The Scott County Courthouse was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2004.
The Scott County Courthouse was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2004.
==Geography==
Scott County lies in southeastern Missouri, just north of the region commonly known as the "Bootheel." It is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River and the state of [[Illinois]], on the south by Mississippi and New Madrid Counties, on the west by [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], and on the north by Cape Girardeau County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 426 square miles.
Roughly speaking, the county has two main geographic features. Most of the northern half is part of Crowley's Ridge, a broken range of low hills (though it becomes more continuous to the east). The highest point in the county, Jackson Hill, with a height of just over 600 feet above sea level, is located just west of Commerce. The southern half, part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, is mostly flat terrain (except for a very low north-south ridge in the Sikeston area). The average elevation here is about 300 feet.<ref>https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6605</ref>
Several major highways run through the county. These include Interstate 55, paralleled a few miles to the west by the older U.S. Route 61, both of which run from north to south through the center of the county; U.S. Route 60, which runs along its southern edge; and Interstate 57, which along with U.S. Route 62 cuts through Sikeston and the southeastern corner.
[[Category:Counties]]
[[Category:Counties]]
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Missouri]]