The Scott Township post office opened in 1863, the earliest record of the town by name. Seven smaller post offices, Green Grove (1849), Tompkinsville (1862) and Scott (1863), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 4,629163 years
How historic is Scott Township?
C
More historic than 34% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Scott Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Scott Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Scott Township is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #911 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Scott Township’s overall grade.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Scott Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.9 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 a township in the north central area of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 4,641. It is one of the five municipalities comprising the Lakeland School District. Township government consists of three elected supervisors with headquarters at the Joe Terry Civic Center, PA Route 438.
Its first post office opened in 1863. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,905 to 4,629 (-6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Scott Township, 1849 to 1901
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Scott Township.
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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.
The Scott Township post office opened in 1863, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Scott Township rank for history?
Scott Township is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #911 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. 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?
15% of Scott Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.9 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1975.
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 Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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