Scott, Ontario is a geographic township

Township (Canada)

The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...

 and former municipality located in what was Ontario County

Ontario County, Ontario

Ontario County was the name of two historic counties in the Canadian province of Ontario.The original Ontario County existed from 1792 to 1800 as part of the Eastern District, and consisted of the islands in the St. Lawrence River...

 (now Durham Region), Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

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. It is now part of the Township of Uxbridge

Uxbridge, Ontario

Uxbridge is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Greater Toronto Area.The main centre in the township is the namesake community of Uxbridge...

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The Township was surveyed in 1807 as part of what was then York County

York County, Ontario

York County is a historic county in Upper Canada, Canada West, and the Canadian province of Ontario.York County was created in 1792 and was part of the jurisdiction of Home District of Upper Canada...

. It was named for Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott (judge)

Thomas Scott was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in the parish of Kingoldrum, Angus, Scotland and studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London. He was called to the bar in 1793. In 1800, he was appointed attorney general in Upper Canada. He was appointed to the Executive Council...

 (1746–1824), an Attorney-General and Chief Justice for Upper Canada

Upper Canada

The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...

. Scott Township was incorporated in 1850 and became part of the newly formed Ontario County in 1852. A Township hall was built in 1860.

Scott Township was amalgamated with the Town and Township of Uxbridge to form an expanded Township of Uxbridge upon the creation of the Regional Municipality of Durham in 1974.

Communities in the former territory of Scott include Leaskdale, Sandford, Udora and Zephyr.

Leaskdale Manse, the former home of L. M. Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE , called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success...

, the author of Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908. Set in 1878, it was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book...

is located in the Township at Leaskdale. Montgomery lived in the area from 1911 to 1926, and wrote several books during that time. The Manse was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1996.