Scioto Explained

Scioto is a word of Wyandot origin given to the Scioto River, which flows southwards from north central Ohio to the Ohio River.

Scioto may also refer to:

Places

In Ohio

• • Scioto River Little Scioto River (disambiguation), several flowing watercourses
• Scioto Audubon Metro Park, in Columbus
• Scioto Country Club, in Upper Arlington
• Scioto County, Ohio, at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio rivers
• Scioto County Airport, a general aviation facility
• Scioto Furnace, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Scioto County
• Scioto Grange No. 1234, a historic building in Jackson
• Scioto Greenway Trail, in Columbus
• Scioto Mile, a collection of parks and trails in Columbus
  • Scioto Mile Fountain
  • Scioto Mile Promenade
• Scioto Ordnance Plant, a WWII-era incendiary munitions factory
• Scioto Peninsula, a land feature of the neighborhood of Franklinton (Columbus, Ohio)
• Scioto Township (disambiguation), several places
• Scioto Trail State Forest, in Pike and Ross counties

In other states

• Scioto Mills, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Stephenson County
• Sod, West Virginia (Scioto), an unincorporated community in Lincoln County

Animals

• Scioto madtom (Noturus trautmani), an extinct species of freshwater fish
• Scioto pigtoe (Pleurobema bournianum), a species of freshwater mussel

Other uses

• Scioto Company, a French land company, established 1787, which operated in America
• Scioto Lounge, a series of bronze sculptures in Columbus, Ohio