Scott Township is one of eleven
townships
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in
Montgomery County,
Indiana
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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 776 (down from 837 at 2010
) and it contained 342 housing units.
History
Ashby Ashby may refer to:
People
* Ashby (surname)
* Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby (1267–1314), governor of Rockingham Castle and steward of Rockingham Forest, England
* Walter Ashby Plecker (1861–1947), American physician and public ...
was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.97%) is land and (or 0.03%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
*
New Market (southeast corner)
Unincorporated towns
*
Lapland at
*
Parkersburg at
Cemeteries
The township contains these cemeteries: Brethren, Cornstalk, Fall, James, Old Harshbarger, Old Pottinger, Wasson, Welch.
Major highways
*
U.S. Route 231
U.S. Route 231 (US 231) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway System, U.S highway that is a parallel route of U.S. Route 31, US 31. It runs for from St. John, Indiana, St. John, Indiana, at U.S. Route 41 in Indiana, US&nbs ...
School districts
* South Montgomery Community School Corporation
Political districts
*
Indiana's 4th congressional district
* State House District 28
* State House District 41
* State Senate District 23
References
*
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line ShapefilesIndianaMap
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Montgomery County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana