About Scott Township
Originally one of Lackawanna County’s farming communities, with the construction of new and improved highways, Scott Township has experienced a rapid growth of residential building and commercial expansion, which is closely related to the activities in adjacent municipalities. In recent years, it has become one of the fastest growing areas in Lackawanna County with the Township’s population steadily increasing from 2,750 in 1960 to an estimated 5,500 in 1994.
Scott Township is triangular in shape, contains 275 square miles of land, and runs eight miles north to south and five miles east to west. It is drained primarily by the south branch of the Tunkhannock Creek, Kennedy Creek, and Rush Creek. The largest bodies of water found in the Township are Griffin Reservoir, Siniawa Pond, Chapman Lake, and Heart Lake.
Interstate Highway 81 passes through the western side of the Township running north and south, while Pennsylvania Highways 107, 247, 347, 438 and 632 cut across the Township. It contains two villages, Mondale and Justus and smaller hamlets such as Green Grove, Heart Lake, Tompkinsviile, Jordan Hollow, and Scott Corners.