Official Name: | Scott Township Vanderburgh County |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 290px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Vanderburgh |
Subdivision Type3: | Township Seat |
Subdivision Type4: | School district |
Subdivision Name4: | Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 41.8 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 41.46 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.34 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.81 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 10,249 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 205.7 |
Elevation M: | 149 |
Elevation Ft: | 489 |
Coordinates: | 38.1164°N -87.5375°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 47613, 47710, 47720, 47725 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 453839 |
Scott Township is one of eight townships in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,528 and it contained 3,343 housing units. In recent years, Scott Township has become one of the fastest-growing townships in the county.[2]
Scott Township was organized in 1821, and named for Samuel Scott, an early settler.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.19%) is land and (or 0.81%) is water.[2]
The township contains these two cemeteries: Blue Grass and Trinity Parish.
(Schools in which Scott Township students attend within the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, all of which are actually located within the township):
Also, several students along the northern boundary of Vanderburgh County attend schools in the South Gibson School Corporation, none of which is actually in Scott Township or Vanderburgh County.