Xenia, Kansas

Xenia (/ˈziːniə/ ZEE-nee-ə) is an unincorporated area in Franklin Township, Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.[1]

Xenia, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Bourbon County (legend)
KDOT map of Bourbon County (legend)
Coordinates: 37°59′43″N 94°59′11″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyBourbon
Founded1858
Elevation
[1]
1,047 ft (319 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-80600
GNIS ID474541[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 November 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 August 5 to November 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]

Currently, it consists of a few houses, no businesses or service.

Geography

Located at an altitude of 1,047 feet (317 m),[1] 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.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Xenia, Kansas
  2. "First Biennial Report, 1878, Bourbon County, Kansas". Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  3. kancoll.com
  4. "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 May 16, 2015.
  5. 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.
  6. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223977/page/8/ Kansas Historical Society, Kansas Memory records
  7. "Kansas, a cyclopedia of state history ..." "Xenia - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912". Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  8. 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.

Further reading
See also: List of books about Bourbon County, Kansas
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