Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Scipio, UT

Scipio, pronounced locally SIP-ee-oh, is a town on the eastern edge of Millard County, Utah.

The town had a population of 353 at the 2020 census, up from 327 in 2010.

Scipio was settled in 1859; its early names included Round Valley and Graball, but it was eventually named for Scipio Africanus Kenner, a young lawyer who helped the pioneers 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, and a Fort Scipio also existed here at one time.

Scipio lies in the oval-shaped Round Valley at the junction of Interstate 15 and U.S. Route 50, about 37 miles south-southwest of Nephi.

Lake Scipio sits about halfway between Scipio and Salina on the west side of U.S. Route 50, with the Valley Mountains to the east and the Pahvant Mountains, rising above 10,000 feet, to the south.

The town sits at an elevation of 5,305 feet, and Scipio's own ZIP code is 84656.

Scipio counted 112 households in the 2000 census.

Several pioneer-style homes in Scipio are on the National Register of Historic Places, as is the Scipio Town Hall built in 1935, which houses a museum, a Daughters of Utah Pioneers chapter, and a Senior Citizens Center, and the Pharo Village, a Fremont site, lies south of town.

Scipio has a hot-summer humid continental climate, with a recorded high of 107 degrees Fahrenheit on July 18, 1998, and a recorded low of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit in January 1937.