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History · Scott Township

20% of Scott Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1930 on.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Scott Township’s archive · credits on each photo

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.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Scott Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Sherman
1872–1927
Scott Centre
1873–1922
Winterdale
1884–1940
Hiawatha
1906–1933
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FairmountMaple GroveScott CenterShermanWinterdale
Gone or out of use
Fairmont SchoolschoolHiawatha SchoolschoolKingsbury Hill Churchchurch

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

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Start Scott Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Scott Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Scott Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Scott Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Scott is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 593 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 593 to 483 (-19%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Scott Township, 1872 to 1940

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Sherman post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Scott Centre post office opens
  4. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Scott - ED 64-30
  5. 1884Post officeThe Winterdale post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1922Post officeThe Scott Centre post office closes
  8. 1927Post officeThe Sherman post office closes
  9. 1930On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1940Post officeThe Winterdale post office closes
By decade

Scott Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Scott - ED 64-3018801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania …
1890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
Scott Township, Wayne County, PA Community Center, April 20252025Scott Township, Wayne County, PA Community Center, Ap…
On the map

Scott Township on the map, 1930 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Scott Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Scott Township on the 1930 USGS mapScott Township on the 1968 USGS mapScott Township on the 1978 USGS map1930Starrucca sheet · 1:62,500

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.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Scott - ED 64-30
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Wayne County - Scott - ED 64-30, 1880

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Scott Township’s page.

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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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B.F. SkinnerAmerican behaviorist · b. 1904
Charles PickeringAmerican anthropologist, botanist, and physician · b. 1805
Clarissa Tucker TracyAmerican botanist · b. 1818
Bert LordAmerican politician · b. 1869
Jedediah HotchkissConfederate Army officer cartographer, and topo… · b. 1828
Eddie MurphyAmerican baseball player · b. 1891
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Buckingham Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPreston TownshipIts storyB+Harmony TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStarruccaIts 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.