Scotia is a village in Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 318 at the 2010 census.HistoryScotia was founded in the 1870s. A Scottish settler suggested the name Scotia, a literary name for Scotland.Scotia was designated the first county seat.GeographyScotia is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.35sqmi, all of it land.Scotia is located on Nebraska Highway 22 .Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 318 people, 139 households, and 92 families residing in the village. The population density was 908.6PD/sqmi. There were 166 housing units at an average density of 474.3/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 98.1% White, 0.3% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.3% from other races, and 0.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population.There were 139 households of which 25.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.8% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.79.
