Official Name: | Scipio, Indiana |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Scipio |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jennings |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Geneva |
Area Total Km2: | 3.03 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.97 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 197 |
Population Density Km2: | 66.25 |
Coordinates: | 39.0772°N -85.7161°W |
Elevation Ft: | 669 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47273 |
Area Code: | 812 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-68328[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2587024 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.17 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.15 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 171.60 |
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.[3]
Scipio was laid out in 1839 and named for Scipio Africanus.[4]
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 7miles to North Vernon and northwest to Columbus.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Scipio CDP has a total area of 3sqkm, of which 0.05sqkm, 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.