Scotsburn is a rural community located west of Durham and south of Heathbell. It was once known as known as Rogers Hill but was renamed by an Act of Parliament in 1867. It was called Rogers Hill after John Rogers (one of the settlers to arrive from Philadelphia) whose farm lot was here in the late 1700’s. The name was proposed by Hugh Ross whose birth place in Scotland, was named Scotsburn, meaning “Brook of the Scots.”
Rogers Hill is a rural community located south of Scotsburn Road, north of Durham Hill. The current geography of the community is much smaller then the original settled area known as Rogers Hill was. It was named after the John Rogers and the Rogers family who immigrated to the area around 1822. John was one of the settlers who arrived to the area from Philadelphia in 1767 aboard a small brig “Hope”. They liked the idea of being situated on a small summit and the land here was rich with fine clay close to the blazed path to Truro.
Pictou is a small a historic Town in Pictou County located along the west side of Pictou Harbour. The name is believed to be derived from the Mi’kmaq word “Piktook” meaning a large explosion, and references the noise made by large waves. It is also believed that it could be a corruption of Poictou, an old province in France. The town was laid out in 1788 and the first house was built about 1790.