Country United States FIPS code 18-68346 Elevation 243 m Population 4,570 (2010) | GNIS feature ID 453835 Local time Friday 3:58 PM | |
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Weather 26°C, Wind SW at 35 km/h, 44% Humidity Area 83.71 km² (83.06 km² Land / 65 ha Water) Points of interest Kesling Park, La Porte County Historical, Door Village Harvest F, Luhr Park Nature Center | ||
Scipio Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,570 and it contained 1,910 housing units.
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Map of Scipio Township, IN 46350, USA
Camp Colfax
During the Civil War, Camp Colfax was located about two blocks north of the location of the marker. It was a plot of ground at the west edge of La Porte, (at this time, the City of La Porte's west boundary was L Street) beyond L Street and a small lake in existence then which became known as Camp Lake, and bounded on the north be Second Street.
The 9th Regiment organized and mustered into service at Indianapolis, 25 April 1861, for three months service. At the end of the three months service, the 9th returned and went into rendezvous at Camp Colfax, under the command of Col. Robert H. Milroy. (Abstracted from information in files of La Porte County Historical Society, Inc., La Porte, IN)
The camp was named in honor of Schuyler Colfax, U. S. Representative 1855-1869 and Vice-President 1869-1873.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 32.32 square miles (83.7 km2), of which 32.07 square miles (83.1 km2) (or 99.23%) is land and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2) (or 0.77%) is water.
Door Village is located in Scipio Township.