Editing Scottville, Michigan (section)

==History==
[[File:Mason County Central High School.jpg|left|thumb|Mason County Central schools]]
The area was first mapped in 1874 as a stop along the [[Pere Marquette Railway]]. It was originally called "Mason Center", as it was in the center of the county. It was later renamed "Sweetland", after James Sweetland, who built a sawmill there in 1878. Hiram Scott platted the land in 1882, and won the right to rename the settlement "Scottville" after winning a coin toss.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z8NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0lUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6666%2C2546788 | title=Focus on our history: How county was named | work=Ludington Daily News | date=October 3, 1987 | access-date=30 April 2015 | pages=2}}</ref>  Scottville was incorporated as a village in 1889 and as a city in 1907.

On July 23, 2007, Governor [[Jennifer Granholm]] announced Scottville as the community chosen by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) to take part in the [[Cool Cities Initiative|Cool Cities]] Michigan Main Street program. Scottville was to receive five years of intensive technical assistance through MSHDA, to help create opportunities for new development, economic growth and jobs. A similar award, the Blueprints for Downtowns award, were announced to be received by the communities of [[Caro, Michigan|Caro]], [[Clio, Michigan|Clio]] and [[Ypsilanti, Michigan|Ypsilanti]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}