Sciota, IL

Sciota is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 38 residents. Sciota was laid out in September 1867 by William B. Clarke and was called "Clarkesville" in his honor. Students attend elementary school at North Elementary in Good Hope. That mix gives Sciota a clear local shape within Illinois, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Sciota is situated east of the headwaters of an unnamed tributary of Spring Creek, itself a tributary of the East Fork of the La Moine River, part of the Illinois River watershed.