Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1969 on, and the census since 1870.
Scipio dates its founding to 1859 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1870.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Scipio’s history is told.
Peaked at 595 in 1940; 353 people lived here in 2020.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Scipio’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Scipio.
Scipio was settled in 1859. Early names included Round Valley and Graball, but it was eventually named for Scipio Africanus Kenner, a young lawyer who helped the pioneers to obtain legal title to the land.
In 1861, George A. Smith organized a branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the town. A Fort Scipio also existed here at one time.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Utah - Millard County - ED 14-26, ED 14-2…
Born hereLouise Y. Robison is born here
Born hereThomas J. Yates is born here
BuiltPeter Quarnberg House is built
BuiltRobins, Merien, and Rosabelle, House is built
BuiltScipio Town Hall is built
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyOne decade in the archive so far: the 1850s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2019Thuesen-Petersen House
2017East on US 50 in Scipio, Utah, Oct 17
2016West at northern I-15 & US 50 interchange, Oct 16
2016Southeast at northern I-15 & US 50 interchange, Oct 16
2016East along US 50 entering Scipio, Utah, Oct 16
2010Robins House
2010Quarnberg House
2008Abandoned Gas Station - panoramio (1)Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Scipio. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Scipio.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Scipio’s page.
Retake this view · +15The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Scipio had its own post office from 1866 to 1965.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1859, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Scipio’s post office opened in 1866, and the census of 1870 counted 465 people here.
5 listings: 5 buildings, among them the Peter Quarnberg House (listed 1982, the first). 6 historic buildings in all.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (9), Wikidata (3), the National Register of Historic Places (5), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
