Scotia is a ghost town located in Patton Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

)[citation needed] Andrew Carnegie leased five hundred acres from Moses Thompson in the iron ore rich pine barrens in the Nittany Valley.

[3] He convinced the Pennsylvania Railroad to extend the line that traveled from Tyrone to Fairbrook to terminate in the barrens.

[3][4] In 1880 Carnegie bought multiple land tracts and financed company housing, a store, a church, an office building, stables, and an ore washer.

[8] The ruins of the ore washing site are covered in graffiti and serve as an attraction for hikers.