Scio is a village in Harrison County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The population was 799 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Scio is located at 40°23′47"N 81°5′15"W (40.396478, -81.087484).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 799 people, 358 households, and 220 families residing in the village. The population density

Population density

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 was 1,446.9 people per square mile (560.9/km²). There were 400 housing units at an average density of 724.3 per square mile (280.8/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.62% White, 0.13% African American and 0.25% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.

There were 358 households out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.0% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 36.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $23,214, and the median income for a family was $30,278. Males had a median income of $26,333 versus $17,625 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the village was $17,037. About 13.9% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

Conotton Creek Trail

Scio is the midpoint of the multi-use rails-to-trails

Rail trail

A rail trail is the conversion of a disused railway easement into a multi-use path, typically for walking, cycling and sometimes horse riding. The characteristics of former tracks—flat, long, frequently running through historical areas—are appealing for various development. The term sometimes also...

 path, the Conotton Creek Trail

Conotton Creek Trail

The Conotton Creek Trail is a rail trail in Ohio.It runs near Conotton Creek for from Bowerston to Jewett in northern Harrison County.The paved multi-use trail is suitable for biking, unicycling, roller-blading, wheel chairing, jogging and walking...

. The trail runs along Conotton Creek

Conotton Creek

Conotton Creek is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River, 38.7 miles long, in eastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 286 square miles in Carroll, Harrison and Tuscarawas County,...

 and is 11.4 miles (18.3 km) long. It is paved and suitable for bicycling, roller blading, wheel chairing and walking.

B & F Dairy Bar serves sandwiches, desserts and drinks just off the trail, west of the covered bridge, on Eastport Road.

Education

Students attend the Harrison Hills City School District.

From 1877 or 1878 to 1911 the Scio College

Scio College

Scio College was an institution of higher education in Ohio in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Parts of it merged into Mount Union College, while its pharmacy school merged with what would become the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy....

 was in the town, until it merged with Mount Union College

Mount Union College

The University of Mount Union is a 4-year private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Alliance, Ohio.Mount Union enrolls 2200 undergraduates. Approximately 50 percent are women and 50 percent are men, representing more than 22 states and 13 countries. Mount Union has an active alumni base of...

and the Scio campus closed.

External links

• Unofficial website (archived)