Scott Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Sandusky County

Sandusky County, Ohio

Sandusky County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,944. Its county seat is Fremont and it is named for a native word meaning "water" ....

, Ohio

Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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, 1,502 people lived in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 3,721 people lived in the township, 1,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,396 people lived in the township, 1,769 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,609 people lived in the township, 1,297 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Liberty Township, Seneca County
  Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,340 people in the township, 1,556 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Jackson Township, Seneca County
  Jackson Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,640 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Perry Township, Wood County
  Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,934 people in the township, 1,856 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Montgomery Township, Wood County
  Montgomery Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Montgomery Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,505 people in the township, 1,872 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Freedom Township, Wood County
  Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Freedom Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,695 people in the township, 1,330 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Scott Township, however , the unincorporated community of Rollersville

Rollersville, Ohio

Rollersville is an unincorporated community on the border between Madison and Scott townships in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. It is located on the Grand Army of the Republic Highway , approximately west of Helena, Ohio. Rollersville had a post office from 1839 to 1908.-References:...

 straddles the northern border with Madison Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Scott Townships are located in Adams

Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio

Scott Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,053 people in the township, 1,014 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Brown

Scott Township, Brown County, Ohio

Scott Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,253 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pike Township - north...

, and Marion

Scott Township, Marion County, Ohio

Scott Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 521 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Counties.

Government

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, 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.