Main city: Scott City
Timezone: Central
Phone type: Landline
Operator: Southwestern Bell

Scott City, a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 4,565 at the 2010 census. The town of Fornfelt and the area of Ancell were consolidated with Scott City in 1950 while Illmo, Missouri, was incorporated into Scott City in 1980. The town of Fornfelt was previously known as Edna, but this name was changed as it was too similar to Edina, Missouri. Whipporwhill Hollow was the previous name of Illmo. ^source

Area code 573 serves most of the eastern half of Missouri outside the immediate St. Louis area. It extends across nearly the entire width of the state, with the state's northeast corner as the northeastern tip, the Lake of the Ozarks at the western tip and Doniphan as the southwestern tip. It also serves all of southeastern Missouri (including the Missouri Bootheel area) and areas adjacent to the Mississippi River. It was created on January 7, 1996 as a split from area code 314. ^source