List of counties of Scotland 1890–1975

This is a list of counties of Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 and abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The list includes the county town, area, and population density.

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Counties

County	County town^[1]	Alternative forms and Gaelic name	Area (acres)^[2]	Area (km²)^[3]	Population^[4]	Population density (per km²)^[5]
Inverness-shire	Inverness		2,695,094	10,915.13	89,655	8.21
Argyllshire	Lochgilphead	Argyll, Argyle, Earra-Ghaidheal	2,067,034^[6]	8,364.98	59,777	7.15
Ross and Cromarty	Dingwall	Ross-shire	1,977,254	8,007.88	58,284	7.28
Perthshire^[7]	Perth		1,586,577^[8]	6,425.63	127,104	19.78
Sutherland	Dornoch^[9]		1,297,914	5,276.07	13,055	2.47
Aberdeenshire	Aberdeen		1,246,585^[10]	5,172.55	150,703^[11]	29.14
Ayrshire	Ayr		724,239^[12]	2,930.95	361,248	123.25
Dumfriesshire	Dumfries		688,067^[13]	2,784.56	88,215	31.68
Kirkcudbrightshire	Kirkcudbright	The Stewartry	574,024	2,324.79	27,369	11.77
Angus	Forfar	Forfarshire	540,352^[14]	2,186.77	97,312	44.50
Lanarkshire	Hamilton (historically Lanark)		535,605^[15]	2,169.20	626,787	288.95
Caithness	Wick	Gallaibh	438,833	1,775.93	27,792	15.65
Roxburghshire	Jedburgh^[16]		425,564	1,725.24	41,960	24.32
Banffshire	Banff		403,054	1,631.14	43,500	26.67
Zetland	Lerwick	Shetland, Sealltainn, Hjaltiland	c.3,523.37^[17]	1,425.85^[18]	17,331	12.15
Fife	Cupar	Fifeshire, Fiobha	322,878	1,306.67	327,126	250.35
Wigtownshire	Wigtown	The Shire	311,984	1,262.58	27,337	21.65
Moray^[19]	Elgin	Morayshire, Elginshire, Moireabh	304,931	1,234.97	51,502	41.70
Berwickshire	Duns (anciently Berwick-upon-Tweed, and then Greenlaw)		292,535^[17]	1,183.84	20,778	17.55
Stirlingshire	Stirling		288,349	1,166.90	208,958	179.07
Kincardineshire	Stonehaven (historically Kincardine)	The Mearns, A' Mhaoirne	244,428^[20]	989.93	26,066	26.33
Orkney	Kirkwall	Arcaibh, Orkneyjar	c.240,848^[17]	934.67^[21]	17,082	18.28
Peeblesshire	Peebles		222,240	900.07	13,675	15.19
Midlothian	Edinburgh	Edinburghshire	203,354^[22]	823.58	142,213	172.68
Selkirkshire	Selkirk		171,209^[23]	692.85	20,868	30.12
East Lothian	Haddington	Haddingtonshire	171,044^[24]	692.73	55,908	80.71
Dunbartonshire	Dumbarton	Dumbartonshire	154,467^[25]	625.11	237,540	380.00
Renfrewshire	Renfrew		143,829^[17]	578.00	362,130	626.52
Bute	Rothesay	Buteshire	139,711^[17]	565.39	13,309	23.54
Nairnshire^[19]	Nairn		104,251	422.21	11,050	26.17
West Lothian	Linlithgow	Linlithgowshire	76,859^[17]	311.03	108,484	348.79
Kinross-shire^[7]	Kinross		52,025^[26]	210.70	6,423	30.48
Clackmannanshire	Alloa (historically Clackmannan)		34,838	140.99	45,544	323.03

Cities

Historically cities were parts of larger counties. Edinburgh was in Midlothian, Aberdeen in Aberdeenshire, and Glasgow in Lanarkshire (although parts of greater Glasgow extended into other counties, e.g. Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire).

County	County town^[1]	Alternative forms and Gaelic name	Area (acres)^[2]	Area (km²)^[3]	Population^[4]	Population density (per km²)^[5]
City of Glasgow	Glasgow	Glaschu, Glesca, Glasgie	34,647^[17]	140.21	897,484	6,401.00
City of Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Dun Eideann, Embra, Edina, Dunedin, Auld Reekie	32,415^[17]	131.17	453,585	3,457.99
City of Dundee	Dundee	Dùn Dè	12,229^[17]	49.48	182,204	3,682.33
City of Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Obar Dheathain, Aiberdein	16,715^[27]	67.64	182,071	2,691.77

Notes

^ ^a ^b Keay & Keay (1994)
^ ^a ^b Keay & Keay (1994) unless otherwise stated.
^ ^a ^b Keay & Keay (1994) in cases where the area is provided by this author. Otherwise the figure is a calculation based on the assumed area.
^ ^a ^b United Kingdom 1971 Census
^ ^a ^b Calculated from 1971 Census data and 'Area'.
^ Argyllshire is reduced to a land area of 1,990,521 acres (8055.35 km²) if "waters, marsh and foreshore" are excluded from the total.
^ ^a ^b Perth and Kinross were administered as a "combined county" from 1930-1975.
^ Reduced from 1,595,804 acres (6,457.99 km²) in 1951.
^ According to Keay (1994) Dornoch was generally 'considered' to be the county town of Sutherland, although the council offices were in Golspie.
^ Possibly reduced from 1,263,300 acres (5,112 km²) in 1951 but see 'City of Aberdeen' below).
^ "Aberdeenshire District: Total Population" A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
^ Increased from 724,232 acres (2,930.86 km²) in 1951.
^ Reduced from 688,111 acres (2,784.69 km²) in 1951.
^ Reduced from 546,775 acres (2,212.72 km²) in 1951.
^ Reduced from 535,862 acres (2,168.56 km²) in 1951.
^ According to Keay (1994) the county town was Newtown St Boswells. The County Offices had moved there in 1899. "Overview of Jedburgh". Gazetteer for Scotland. The Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 1 August 2008. However, the county town is usually listed as Jedburgh, e.g. in Encyclopedia II op cit and "Carnegie Libraries" scotcities.com Retrieved 26 December 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ The areas for Berwickshire, Bute, Orkney, Renfrewshire, West Lothian and Zetland and the three cities are not provided by Keay (1994) and the figures used are from the 1951 census.
^ The current figure for Orkney Islands Council is 1,466 km2 for the same geographical area.
^ ^a ^b Moray and Nairn were administered as a "combined county" from 1930-1975.
^ Reduced from 242,460 acres (981.2 km²) in 1951.
^ The current figure for Orkney Islands Council is 990 km² for the same geographical area.
^ Increased from 201,922 acres (817.15 km²) in 1951.
^ Keay (1994) provides the figure of 121,240 acres (490.6 km²). This is probably a typographical error for 171,240 acres (693.0 km²). For example, the 1976 World Book has a figure of 695 km2 for the county. The 1951 Census figure is used in this column.
^ Increased from 170,971 acres (691.90 km²) in 1951.
^ Increased from 154,362 acres (624.68 km²) in 1951.
^ Reduced from 52,392 acres (212.02 km²) in 1951.
^ Neither Keay (1994) or Vision of Britain offer a specific statistic. However the latter records a total area of 1,263,300 acres (5,112 km²) for 'Aberdeen'. This is clearly inclusive of Aberdeenshire, which elsewhere in the same database recorded as having an area of 1,246,585 acres (5,044.75 km²). The figure recorded here is the difference between the two. In general terms this is consistent with the Vision of Britain maps for the area.

References

"Scotland Table 1" A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London. HarperCollins.
"Scotland Table 1" A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 27 December 2007.

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