Sciota Termitalis
Sciota may refer to: Places * Sciota, Illinois * Sciota, Pennsylvania * Sciota Township, McDonough County, Illinois * Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan * Sciota Township, Dakota County, Minnesota Moths * Sciota (moth), ''Sciota'' (moth), moths belonging to family Pyralidae including ** ''Sciota adelphella'' ** ''Sciota rhenella'' ** ''Sciota subcaesiella'' Ships *USS Sciota (1861), USS ''Sciota'' (1861) *USS Sciota (AT-30), USS ''Sciota'' (AT-30) *USS Sciota (ATA-205), USS ''Sciota'' (ATA-205) See also

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Sciota, Illinois
Sciota is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. The population was 38 at the 2020 census, down from 61 in 2010. History Sciota was laid out in September 1867 by William B. Clarke and was called "Clarkesville" in his honor. Another town in Illinois already had been named Clarksville (without the "e"), so when the new town's post office was established on February 7, 1868, it was called "Amicus". This discrepancy between town name and post office name led the residents to change both names to "Sciota", after the township in which the town lies. (Sciota Township was named after the Scioto River in Ohio.)Clark (1878), p. 687. The Illinois General Assembly approved the name change on March 29, 1869. A Christian church was erected in 1869, a Baptist church in 1871, and a school building in 1872. In 1878, Sciota was the largest grain market in McDonough County. At that time, the primary crops were corn and oats; now, the village is surrounded by fields of corn a ...
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