| Official Name: | Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Adams |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 97.0 |
| Area Land Km2: | 97.0 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2262 |
| Population Density Km2: | 22.5 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 211 |
| Elevation Ft: | 692 |
| Coordinates: | 38.9678°N -83.5586°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-71052[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1085684 |
Scott Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,262 at the 2020 census.[3]
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Most of the village of Seaman is located in southwestern Scott Township.
Statewide, other Scott Townships are located in Brown, Marion, and Sandusky counties.
Scott Township was either named for Edwin Scott, an early settler,[4] or for Thomas Scott, a judge of the Ohio Supreme Court.[5]
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[6] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.