Scipio, Indiana and Ohio

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana and Ohio, US}}

Scipio is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, Ohio, United States.{{GNIS|443125}} It is at the intersection of State Routes 126 and 129.

History

Scipio was platted in 1826.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QVE0AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Franklin County, Indiana | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Reifel, August Jacob | year=1915 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QVE0AQAAMAAJ/page/n154 146]}}

The post office Scipio once contained had the name Philanthropy.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/296 296]|quote=The post office serving this locale...was called Philanthropy...}} It operated from 1836 until 1839.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Franklin&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Franklin County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=8 September 2014}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Butler County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio

Category:1827 establishments in Ohio

Category:Populated places established in 1827

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana