Scotts Hill page highlights city hall, mayor and aldermen in Decatur County

Scotts Hill is not just another place name on the Decatur County map. The county’s own page gives the town a street address, a phone number, a mayor and a full board of aldermen, all centered at 85 Hwy. 114 South in Scotts Hill, TN 38374. That kind of listing matters in a small county because it shows where local decisions are made, who answers for them, and how residents can reach city government without going through a larger county office.

City hall as the town’s working address

The most practical marker of Scotts Hill’s separate identity is its city hall. The City of Scotts Hill lists City Hall at 85 Hwy 114 S, Scotts Hill, TN 38374, with phone number (731) 549-3175 and fax 888-752-4789, and it also posts business hours on its City Hall page. The Decatur County page repeats the city’s contact information at 85 Hwy. 114 South and lists the same phone number, making it clear that this is the place to start when a resident needs municipal help, information or direction.

In a rural county, that matters more than it might in a bigger place. A city hall with its own address and working phone line means Scotts Hill keeps its civic business close to home, instead of folding those questions into a more distant county routine. For people living in and around town, that can mean a direct line for local questions about city business, community coordination or everyday issues that are handled at the municipal level.

The people named to lead the town

Decatur County’s Scotts Hill page identifies Woody Capley as mayor and lists seven aldermen: Jeremy Creason, Jerry Tucker, Mary Connell, Bonnie Butler, Monty Ray, Steven Dickson and Tiffany Lyle. That roster shows a town government with named local leadership rather than an abstract administrative label, and it tells residents exactly who holds the city’s elected seats.

Capley’s own public message after taking office underscored the kind of community role the job carries. In remarks published by Lexington Progress on Sept. 21, 2022, he said his goal was to “Help Scotts Hill continue to be a great place to live and raise a family.” That line captures the scale of the place: leadership is close enough that a mayor can frame the town’s future in terms of family life, daily routine and the quality of the place itself.

A small municipality with an active calendar

Scotts Hill is also listed by the Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service as a town in Decatur and Henderson counties, with certified population figures of 877 in 2025 and 984 in 2010. MTAS also shows the next municipal election on 08-06-2026, which is another sign that Scotts Hill’s government remains active and on a regular local schedule.

Other population snapshots place the town in the same small-town range. WorldPopulationReview lists a 2020 census population of 863 and a 2026 estimated population of 898, while Data USA lists a 2024 population of 1,083. Data USA also puts the 2024 median household income at $37,809 and the poverty rate at 50.7%. Read together, those figures point to a small community whose civic structure still matters because the numbers are small enough that town government remains personal, visible and immediate.

Why Scotts Hill stands apart inside Decatur County

Decatur County includes several distinct communities, including Decaturville, Parsons, Scotts Hill and Bath Springs, and each one helps define how the county works. The county seat is Decaturville, and the Tennessee Secretary of State’s genealogical fact sheet says Decatur County was formed in 1845 from Perry County. That larger county framework matters, but Scotts Hill’s own page shows that it is not absorbed into it.

The distinction is practical. Scotts Hill’s identity survives through a city hall, a named mayor, a board of aldermen and a direct phone number that residents can use without having to navigate a generic county office. That makes the town more than a label on a road sign. It is a place where decisions can still be made locally, with elected officials who are named and reachable.

What residents would lose if Scotts Hill were treated as just another dot

Treating Scotts Hill as an ordinary point on the county map would erase the structures that make it function as a town. The city hall address at 85 Hwy 114 S, the city phone number, the mayor, the aldermen and the listed municipal election all show a community that still governs itself in visible ways. Those are not decorative details; they are the mechanisms that let residents find the right office, know who represents them and keep local issues anchored in town.

That is why the county’s own page matters. By naming Scotts Hill separately, Decatur County acknowledges a community with its own civic voice inside the broader county fabric. For families, longtime residents and anyone newly settling in the area, the page is a reminder that Scotts Hill remains its own place, with its own leaders, its own hall and its own way of handling the business of town life.