Scipio,_Indiana

Scipio, Indiana

Scipio, Indiana

Census-designated place in Indiana, United States

For the place in Franklin County, see Scipio, Franklin County, Indiana.

Scipio is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Geneva Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 153.[4]

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History

Scipio was laid out in 1839 and named for Scipio Africanus.[5]

Geography

Scipio is located in northwestern Jennings County at the center of Geneva Township. Indiana State Road 7 passes through the center of the community, leading southeast 7 miles (11 km) to North Vernon and northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Columbus.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Scipio CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.0 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2), or 1.74%, are water. Sand Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the East Fork of the White River, forms the northern edge of the CDP.

Demographics

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References

  1. [1]
    "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scipio, Indiana
  3. [3]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Scipio CDP, Indiana". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  5. [5]
    Jennings Co. Historical Society (1999). Jennings Co., Indiana - Pictorial. Turner Publishing Company. p. 66. ISBN 9781563115219.
  6. [6]
    "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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