Scipio, New York, USA
1836 - Scipio

Scipio, originally organised as part of Ontario county, by General Sessions pursuant to Act, Jan. 27th, 1789; since modified; W. from Albany, 180 miles; sur face #. undulating; soil clay loam and calcareous alluvion, resting on slate, very fertile and º cultivated; drained, S. by Salmon creek: The Owasco lake forms the whole of the E. boundary. Scipio, North Scipio, Scipioville, and Sherwood's Corners, are post villages.

Scipio, 10 miles S. of Auburn, has 1 Baptist church, 1 tavern, 1 store, and several dwellings—Sherwood's Corners, has a tavern and two stores, and some 12 or 15 dwellings—Scipioville, a Baptist church, tavern, 2 stores, and about a dozen dwellings—and North Scipio, 1 store and a few houses. There are a settlement and post office called the Square.

Gazetteer of the State of New York, Comprehending Its Colonial History, General Geography, Geology, and Internal Improvements, Its Political State, a Minute Description of Its Several Counties, Towns, and Villages, Statistical Tables, Exhibiting the Area, Improved Lands, Population, Stock, Taxes, Manufactures, Schools, and Cost of Public Instruction, in Each Town : with a Map of the State, and a Map of Each County, and Plans of the Cities and Principal Villages – Thomas Francis Gordon, 1836, Page 377



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