About Scott Township
Scott Township is a Township of the second class and is governed by a Board of Supervisors, elected by and responsible to the voters of the Township.
The Board consists of three elected Supervisors, each serving a six-year term, with one official elected every two years.
The Board is responsible for all Township policies and legislation that govern this community.
Also a part of their job is to appoint members to the Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing Board, Municipal Authority, and make other appointments as they deem necessary.
Scott Township is located in the north central part of Lackawanna County. It is one of twelve Townships covering the Abington Highlands.
The Township is bordered on the north by Greenfield Township, on the east and south by Carbondale Township, Archbald, Blakely, and Dickson City Boroughs, and to the west by South Abington, Abington, North Abington, and Benton Townships.
The area is characterized by gently sloping hills and fertile green valleys, placid lakes, and rushing streams. The mountaintops along Scott’s southern border are over two thousand feet above sea level and form part of the Shawnee Mountain chain.