Scipio, IN

Scipio is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Geneva Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 197 residents. Scipio was laid out in 1839 and named for Scipio Africanus. Scipio High School gained notoriety in the early 1920's for the success of its girls' basketball team known as the "Black Diamonds". A newcomer can read Scipio through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Scipio comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. 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 7 miles to North Vernon and northwest 14 miles to Columbus.