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History · Scott Township

15% of Scott Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Scott Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Scott Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Scott Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Scott Township.

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Scott Township was formed when Middletown Township was split on an unknown date.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Scott Township

Nobody well known was born in Scott Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Roger EbertAmerican film critic and author · b. 1942
Robert W. HolleyAmerican biochemist · b. 1922
Lars Peter HansenAmerican economist · b. 1952
Jennie GarthAmerican actress · b. 1972
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Leo PfefferAmerican politician · b. 1908
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Seymour
Gone or out of use
South Prairie Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Mahomet TownshipIts storyB−Sangamon TownshipIts storyC−Champaign TownshipIts storyC−Colfax TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.