Scipio, Oklahoma
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Scipio is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Pittsburg County,
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, United States. The community is northwest of McAlester.


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History

The community was named for nearby Scipio Creek, which was in turn named for the Roman general
Scipio Africanus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (, , ; 236/235–) was a Roman general and statesman who was one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Ancient Carthage, Carthage in the Second Punic War. Often regarded as one of the greatest milit ...
. At the time of its founding, Scipio was located in Tobucksy County,
Choctaw Nation The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Choctaw: ''Chahta Okla'') is a Native American reservation occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. At roughly , it is the second-largest reservation in area after the Navajo, exceeding t ...
.John W. Morris. ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986), Plate 38. A post office opened at Scipio, Indian Territory on January 24, 1890.


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Unincorporated communities in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub