Scipio is an

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in Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County,

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. It is at the intersection of State Routes 126 and 129.

History

Scipio was

plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...

ted in 1826. The post office Scipio once contained had the name Philanthropy. It operated from 1836 until 1839.

References

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