Scott Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Scott Township
Settlement
Times-Tribune printing plant
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lackawanna
Elevation	1,598 ft (487.1 m)
Coordinates	41°33′N 75°38′W / 41.550°N 75.633°W / 41.550; -75.633Coordinates: 41°33′N 75°38′W / 41.550°N 75.633°W / 41.550; -75.633
Area	27.6 sq mi (71.5 km2)
- land	27.2 sq mi (70 km2)
- water	0.4 sq mi (1 km2), 1.45%
Population	4,905 (2010)
Density	180.3/sq mi (69.6/km2)
Timezone	EST (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP Code	18411, 18414, 18433, 18447
Area code	570
Location of Scott Township in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States

Scott Township is a township in the north central area of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 4,905.

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.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 27.6 square miles (71.4 km²). Land occupies 27.2 square miles (70.5 km²). The majority of its use is distributed among small farms, dense wooded areas, and residential development. This particular region makes up part of the extreme eastern edge of the Endless Mountains dissected plateau. The township is generally hilly with minor valleys cut by streams. These creeks—Rush Brook, Kennedy, South Branch Tunkhannock, and Hull—and larger bodies of water like Chapman Lake, Heart Lake, Griffin Reservoir, Peaceful Valley Pond, and Graves Pond account for the remaining 0.39 square miles (1.0 km²), or 1.34%, of the township's area. Approximately the southern quarter of the township and a very small northeast corner drain into the Lackawanna River, with the rest of the watershed trending west eventually into the Susquehanna River many miles upstream from the confluence of the two.