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LOCAL HISTORY Xenia, Ohio, USA

1895 - Xenia


Xenia, a handsome city, the capital of Greene co., 0., on the Little Miami River, 6.5 miles N.N.E. of Cincinnati, 16 miles E. by S. of Dayton, 20 miles S. by W. of Spring field, and 55 miles W.S.W. of Columbus. It is directly connected by several railroads with all these cities. It is regularly planned and well built, and contains, besides many handsome residences, a fine court-house, 15 churches, a high school, 2 national banks, 4 newspaper offices, a theological seminary (United Presbyterian), a hospital, and the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. Xenia is surrounded by a fertile, undulating country, which is liberally supplied with water-power and good limestone. One daily and 3 weekly newspapers are published here. The industrial establishments of the city embrace planing-mills, saw-mills, a canning establishment, glass-works, oil-mills, marble- and granite-works; besides which there are manufactures of agricultural implements, cordage, twine, pumps, carriages, wagons, and shoes. The departments of Wilberforce University, formerly here, are now at Wilberforce, 3 miles distant. Pop. in 1880, 70.26; in 1890, 8025.
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