Scant City
Scant City, also known as Marghton, is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama, United States. It is between Arab and Guntersville. Local legend is that the origin of the name is from the dairy days, when a local man was infamous for selling “scant pints” of slightly less cow milk to unsuspecting customers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Alabama
- Also known as: “Marghton”, “Scant City, AL”, and “Scant City, Alabama”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arab.
Arab
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 4.0.
Arab is a city mostly in Marshall County, with a portion in Cullman County, in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, located 10 miles from Guntersville Lake and Guntersville Dam, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.
Scant City
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Marshall, Alabama, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.36232° or 34° 21′ 44″ northLongitude
-86.4236° or 86° 25′ 25″ westElevation
1,017 feet (310 metres)Open location code
866M9H6G+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 153417932OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Scant City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斯肯特城”
- French: “Scant City”
- Persian: “اسکنت سیتی، آلاباما”
- Persian: “اسکنت سیتی”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایسکانت سیتی، آلاباما”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grassy Church and Marshall Medical Center North heliport.
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