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The Scott County Indiana Fairgrounds can serve your needs, whether it’s a family reunion, corporate event, or a need for winter storage.

Held in the parking lot of the Scottsburg Historic Train Depot located at 90 North Main Street Scottsburg Saturday Mornings 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Noon) and Thursday’s Mornings 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

The Scott County residents that didn’t have family members to care for them and did not have money would end up in the Poor Farm usually at the end of their lives. Indiana State law required all counties to have a Poor Farm. First there was a Poor Farm north of Lexington on Getty Road, but after the county seat was moved to Scottsburg in 1874, the poor farm was needed within a mile of the courthouse. It was a frame building, but later replaced in 1892 with the present day brick building, which now houses The Scott County Heritage Center & Museum. The Poor Farm was a working farm and was self-sufficient. The county commissioners were in charge of seeing that the building was kept in dec ...

The Scott County Family YMCA is your provider for all types of fun activities. The 25,000 square foot facility on 15 acres houses fitness equipment and services designed to promote a healthy spirit and body for individuals and families.

The Scottsburg Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district. The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 8 contributing objects in the central business district of Scottsburg centered around the Scott County Courthouse. It developed between about 1873 and 1952, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Gothic Revival, and Stick Style / Eastlake movement style architecture. The courthouse was built in 1873-1874 after the decision was made to finally locate the county seat of Scott County into a central location within the county, which caused the founding of Scottsburg.

The Scottsburg Station is a one-story, Stick Style frame building with board and batten siding and a projecting agent's window. Its presence influenced the location of Scottsburg in 1874, as the town was named for the railroad's General Superintendent, Horace Scott. It was built specifically for both passenger and freight cargo. Inside there was separate waiting rooms for men and women. Passenger service to the station ended in the 1950s. It is one of the last structures of its kind still standing in Indiana. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Scottsburg Depot, but was moved one block north to its present location to help preserve it.[2] With federal ...