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]
Scipio, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 39°04′38″N 85°42′58″W / 39.07722°N 85.71611°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Jennings |
Township | Geneva |
Area | |
• Total | 1.17 sq mi (3.03 km2) |
• Land | 1.15 sq mi (2.97 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
Elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 197 |
• Density | 171.60/sq mi (66.25/km2) |
ZIP code | 47273 |
Area code | 812 |
FIPS code | 18-68328[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 2587024[2] |
History
editScipio was laid out in 1839 and named for Scipio Africanus.[5]
Geography
editScipio 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
editCensus | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 197 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] |
References
edit- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scipio, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jennings Co. Historical Society (1999). Jennings Co., Indiana - Pictorial. Turner Publishing Company. p. 66. ISBN 9781563115219.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.