Xenia, Kansas
Xenia, Kansas | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Location within the state of State | |
Coordinates: 37°59′43″N 94°59′11″W / 37.99528°N 94.98639°WCoordinates: 37°59′43″N 94°59′11″W / 37.99528°N 94.98639°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Bourbon |
Elevation | 1,040 ft (317 m) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Xenia is a small unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.[1]
History
Settling in the Xenia area in 1856, the year after Bourbon County was organized in 1855, were John Van Syckle, Samuel Stephenson and Charles Anderson.[2]
John Van Syckle and his father laid out Xenia's village plat in 1858.[3] The community was named after Xenia, Ohio.[4] The younger Van Syckle opened the village's first store, offering general merchandise.[2]
Xenia gained a post office on Nov. 29, 1858, when the Peru (Linn County) post office was moved to Xenia. Peru, which is now a ghost town, had a post office from Aug. 5 to Nov. 29, 1858.[5] As well as being Xenia's first merchant, John Van Syckle became Xenia's first postmaster.[6]
The first church building was built in 1876 by the Methodists.[2]
In 1878, Franklin township was Bourbon County's fourth-most populous, at 1,474. The county seat of Fort Scott had 5,081 residents. Scott Township had 2,036. Marion Township, just south of Franklin in the county's west end, had 1,676.[2]
In 1910, Xenia had a money-order post office and population of 115.[7] Xenia Post Office closed Aug. 31, 1926.[8]
Geography
Located at an altitude of 1,040 feet (317 m),[9] it lies in Bourbon County's northwest corner, along K-65, west of the confluence of the Little Osage River and Limestone Creek, about 18 miles northwest of Fort Scott.[1][9]
Further reading
References
- 1 2 DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, p. 66. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.
- 1 2 3 4 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/bourbon/bourbon-co-p24.html
- ↑ "Many Towns Have Disappeared (Note: Page loads on 9C due to technical constraints. Scroll to next page)". The Fort Scott Tribune. July 16, 1976. pp. 10C. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ↑ Robert W. Baughman's Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828-August 3, 1961, published by the Kansas Postal History Society, an affiliate of the Kansas Historical Society.
- ↑ http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223977/page/8/ Kansas Historical Society, Kansas Memory records
- ↑ "Kansas, a cyclopedia of state history ..." "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ Robert W. Baughman's Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828-August 3, 1961, published by the Kansas Postal History Society, an affiliate of the Kansas Historical Society.
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Xenia, Kansas