Scotland is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) in Greene Township, Franklin County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States. The community was named after

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

, the ancestral home of an early settler. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,353. The

Chambersburg Mall Chambersburg Mall is a regional shopping mall located near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in the unincorporated community of Scotland. Located at exit 20 off Interstate 81, the mall has 1 store but a capacity of at least 64. It is currently owned and ...

is located in the area, next to the Scotland exit of

I-81 Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south (physically northeast–southwest) Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Isla ...

. The Scotland School for Veterans' Children was long part of the community.

Geography

Scotland is located in eastern Franklin County, near the center of Greene Township.

Interstate 81 Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south (physically northeast–southwest) Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Isla ...

passes through the southeastern side of the community, with access from Exit 20. I-81 leads southwest to Chambersburg, the

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, and northeast to Carlisle.

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passes along the northeastern edge of the community, leading northwest to U.S. Route 11 at Green Village, and southeast between Fayetteville and

Caledonia State Park Caledonia State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Greene Township, Franklin County and Franklin Township, Adams County in southern Pennsylvania. The park is named for the Caledonia Furnace, an iron furnace that was owned by Thaddeus Ste ...

Conococheague Creek Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland. It is in length,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset h ...

, a tributary of the

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, forms the southwestern edge of the community.

Scotland School for Veterans' Children

The Scotland School for Veterans' Children was located in Scotland until Governor Rendell forced the school to close in 2009 by eliminating the state funding. Scotland was originally built as a school for orphaned children shortly after the

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. It was then converted into a school for children in grades 3-12 that had family members in the military.

Geology

The

type section A stratotype or type section in geology is the physical location or outcrop of a particular reference exposure of a stratigraphic sequence or stratigraphic boundary. If the stratigraphic unit is layered, it is called a stratotype, whereas the stan ...

of the Conococheague Formation, a Cambrian

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

and dolomite, is located in Scotland.Stose, G.W., 1908, "The Cambro-Ordovician Limestones of the Appalachian Valley in Southern Pennsylvania": ''

Journal of Geology ''The Journal of Geology'' publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences. Its content ranges from planetary evo ...

'', v. 16, p. 698-714.

In popular culture

The 2001 film ''

Scotland, PA ''Scotland, PA'' is a 2001 film directed and written by Billy Morrissette. It is a modernized version of William Shakespeare's ''Macbeth''. The film stars James LeGros, Maura Tierney, and Christopher Walken. Shakespeare's tragedy, originally se ...

'' is set in the community of Scotland, though it was not filmed there. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's '' Macbeth'', set in a fast food restaurant.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Geography

Scotland School for Veterans' Children

Geology

In popular culture

See also

References