First of all, Scotland is not a county it's a country. We get
our name from the ancient Scotti tribe from Northern Ireland who
settled here in the Dark Ages. If the question refers to Scott
County Illinois that County was named after an early pioneer family
named Scott that had first settled in the area. As to the relevance
of Scotland to the etymology of Scott County it is of interest
since one of the early villages in what is now Scott County bears
the name Glasgow.