Scipio, Indiana

{{For|the place in Franklin County|Scipio, Franklin County, Indiana}}

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|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Jennings

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Geneva

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|area_total_km2 = 3.03

|area_land_km2 = 2.97

|area_water_km2 = 0.05

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|population_total = 197

|population_density_km2 = 66.25

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|elevation_ft = 669

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47273

|area_code = 812

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|blank_info = 18-68328{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

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|blank1_info = 2587024{{GNIS|2587024}}

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|unit_pref = Imperial

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.17

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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.{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1868328| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Scipio CDP, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=May 18, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213094118/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1868328| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}

History

Scipio was laid out in 1839 and named for Scipio Africanus.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHjs5nrluAAC&pg=PA66 | title=Jennings Co., Indiana - Pictorial | publisher=Turner Publishing Company | author=Jennings Co. Historical Society | year=1999 | pages=66| isbn=9781563115219 }}

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 {{convert|7|mi|0}} to North Vernon and northwest {{convert|14|mi}} to Columbus.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Scipio CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.05|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, 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

{{US Census population

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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