On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Scott Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Scott Township’s overall grade.
Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Scott Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±18.9 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
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.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Scott Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Scott Township is one of twelve townships in Steuben County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,197, up from 1,111 at the 2010 census, and it contained 460 housing units.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,111 to 1,197 (+8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Scott Township in 1885
Passages that mention Scott Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Steuben County, Indiana, together with... biographies of representative citizens1885 · page 632Read the page →
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Scott Township was a part of York until March, 1849. For a few years after 1838 a strip two miles wide off the west side was attached to Pleasant Township; and in 1850 one mile from the east side was attached to York. The township as now constituted includes nearly thirty sections, or between 18,000 and 19,000 acres. It is bounded on the north by Fremont, on the east by York, on the south by Otsego, and on the west by Pleasant.
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History of Steuben County, Indiana, together with... biographies of representative citizens1885 · page 670Read the page →
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County, Ohio. In February, 1843, they came to Steuben County, Ind., making the journey with teams, and coming by the way of Michigan. There were no roads nor bridges, and the way was rough. They settled in Scott Township on a tract of timber land, moving into a rude log cabin that was found there. There was two feet of snow on the ground and nearly as much on the upper floor of their cabin. They lived in this rude cabin till one could be built on section 19. There was no tame hay in the county, and as
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Scott Township, 1888 to 1939
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Scott Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1939Angola East sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Scott Township.
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.
Scott Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Scott Township?
34% of Scott Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±18.9 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1974.
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).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
