Xenia, Ohio, USA
1854 - Xenia

Xenia, a handsome and flourishing town of Xenia township, capital of Greene county, Ohio, on the Little Miami railroad, 65 miles N. E. from Cincinnati, and 61 miles W. S. W. from Columbus. The town is regularly planned and well built, and contains many handsome residences. The court house is one of the finest buildings of its class in the state. The surrounding country has an undulating surface, and a fertile soil, and is liberally supplied with water-power, and with excellent limestone. Xenia has an active trade, and the prosperity of the place has been much augmented by the construction of railroads in various directions. Be sides the line above named, the following railroads connect at this place ; - the Columbus and Xenia ; the Lebanon and Xenia ; and the Delaware and Xenia; the last two being unfinished. The Dayton, Xenia and Belpre railroad will connect it with Dayton and Chillicothe. It contains several churches, 1 bank, and 2 newspaper offices. Population of the township in 1850, 7055 ; of the village in 1853, estimated at 3500.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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