Lakes and farms north of Scranton ยท Est. 1846
Source - U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates ('24).
Scott Township lies in north-central Lackawanna County. It was created in 1846 when it was partitioned from Greenfield Township to the north. The township sits just northwest of the old mining boroughs of Olyphant and Dickson City and a short drive north of Scranton.
Scott covers about 27.5 square miles of small farms, woods, and lakes, and recorded 4,641 residents at the 2020 census, making it one of the larger rural-suburban townships in the county. Interstate 81 runs along its western edge. Its main settlements are Justus in the south and Montdale toward the center and north.
Water is a defining feature, with Chapman Lake, Heart Lake, and the Griffin Reservoir all within the township. Children attend the Lakeland School District. Housing ranges from farmhouses and lakefront cottages to newer single-family homes on open and wooded lots, drawing buyers who want acreage and lake access while staying within a 20-minute commute of Scranton and the Mid Valley job centers.
A selection of active properties.
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