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Xenia (/ zi nj / zeen-y ) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is positioned in southwestern Ohio 21 miles (34 km) from Dayton and is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Miami Valley region.
The name comes from the Greek word Xenia ( ), which means "hospitality".
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 25,719. Xenia is the third biggest city by populace in Greene County, behind Fairborn and Beavercreek.
It serves as the governmental center of county of Greene County, being at the geographical center, and housing the County Courthouse, the County Sheriff's Department, Jail, and other Government departments.
Xenia was established in 1803, the year Ohio was admitted into the Union.
Paul influenced county commissioners to locate the governmental center of county on this territory at the forks of the Shawnee Creeks.
The first session of the Ohio General Assembly created Greene County from the Northwest Territory, embracing the homeland of the Shawnee Indians.
Their chief tribal village was north of Xenia at Old Chillicothe, now called Old Town.
William Beattie was Xenia's first businessman.
In 1804, John Marshall assembled Xenia's first home.
Xenia was incorporated by an act of the council in 1817 and became a town/city in 1834.
The arrival of the Little Miami Railroad (now the site of the Little Miami Scenic Trail, which passed through Xenia Station) in 1843, gave the town/city its early industrialized roots.
On March 2, 1850 the Ohio General Assembly rode from Columbus, Ohio to Xenia and back on the newly instead of Columbus and Xenia Railroad.
The first fire engine home was assembled in 1831; the telephone came to Xenia in 1879; electricity in 1881 and a water works fitness in 1886.
Xenia opened its first no-charge enhance library in 1899.
Xenia propel Cornelius Clark as its first mayor in 1834.
Xenia has a history of harsh storm activity.
Local records show 20 tornadoes in Greene County since 1884. On April 3, 1974 a tornado rated F5 on the Fujita scale cut a path directly through the middle of Xenia amid the 1974 Super Outbreak, the second biggest series of tornadoes in recorded history.
The disaster killed 34 citizens (including two Ohio National Guardsmen who died days later in a related fire), injured an additional 1,150, finished almost half of the city's buildings, and left 10,000 citizens homeless.
Five schools, including Xenia High School, Central Junior High School, Mc - Kinley Elementary, Simon Kenton Elementary, and Saint Brigid Catholic School were destroyed, as were nine churches and 180 businesses.
President Richard Nixon visited stricken areas of Xenia following the devastation.
Comedian Bob Hope organized a benefit for Xenia and, in appreciation, the new Xenia High School Auditorium was titled the "Bob Hope Auditorium." In recognition of their coverage of this tornado, the staff of the Xenia Daily Gazette won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting in 1975. Xenia was hit by an F2 tornado on April 25, 1989 and again by an F4 tornado on September 20, 2000.
Xenia presently has a fitness of tornado sirens.
Most of Xenia's old sirens are still standing, but not operational. Historical Marker: Xenia Tornado April 3, 1974 Xenia originally hosted a several lines owned by the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) and Pennsylvania (PRR) barns s.
The lines that previously served Xenia were: The roadbeds of five of Xenia's six rail lines were converted for rail trail use.
The large number of rail trails resulted in Xenia being referred to as the Bicycle Capital of the Midwest. Xenia was also served by two interurban stockyards s until the 1940s: Dayton & Xenia Transit Company Springfield & Xenia Railway Xenia is centrally positioned in the "transportation triangle" formed by three primary interstate highways: I-70, I-71, and I-75.
These north-south, east-west arteries are inside minutes of Xenia via U.S.
Within Xenia, U.S.
Xenia is at 39 41 1 N 83 56 17 W (39.68, -83.94). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.29 square miles (34.42 km2), of which, 13.28 square miles (34.40 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. Climate data for Xenia, Ohio The Xenia City Council exercises the powers and authority of a municipal corporation as determined by the constitution of the State of Ohio and the Charter and ordinances of the City of Xenia.
The City Council of Xenia, Ohio, is composed of seven propel council members, including one mayor.
Xenia City City Council Members and term start years: Bayless (2014) Mayor of Xenia 2nd term As of the census of 2010, there were 25,719 citizens , 10,390 homeholds, and 6,631 families residing in the city.
There were 10,390 homeholds of which 32.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.2% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 37.1 years.
24.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 24.9% were from 45 to 64; and 15.7% were 65 years of age or older.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Xenia Community School District has 5 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school: Xenia High School (Grade 9-12) Private schools in Xenia: Xenia is part of the Dayton media market, the 64th-largest media market in the United States. The chief journal in Xenia is the Xenia Daily Gazette, established in 1868.
A community-based online source, Xenia's Word on the Street, is also available. The larger Dayton Daily News, which covers the entire Dayton metro area, includes a improve section for Xenia in both the printed and online versions. Radio stations based in Xenia: 1500 AM (WBZI) Xenia (Classic Country) 95.3 FM WZLR Xenia ("The Eagle") -- Classic Hits 100.3 FM WBZI Xenia ("Classic Country Radio") -- Classic; Contemporary Xenia is the setting for Harmony Korine's film Gummo (1997); the movie was not filmed in Xenia, however, but in Korine's hometown of Nashville, Tennessee.
Novelist Helen Hooven Santmyer lived here; her best-known work, "...And Ladies of the Club", is set in a fictional version of Xenia Maynard James Keenan mentions Xenia at least twice with his band Puscifer, first in "Sour Grapes (Where is the Line Mix)", and again in a fictional documentary played before shows on their 2011 tour.
The Puscifer Characters Billy Dee Burger and Hildy Burger are credited as being from Xenia.
They Might Be Giants mention Xenia in the song "Out of Jail" on their album John Henry (1994).
From May 2017 the annual Dayton Hamvention will be held at the Greene County Fairgrounds, having moved from the now closed Hara Arena in Trotwood, Ohio.
Dave Chappelle comedian, owns a several homes in Xenia Bank of Xenia East Second Street Historic District (Xenia, Ohio) Greene County Courthouse (Ohio) Mc - Donald Farm (Xenia, Ohio) Xenia (automobile) Smith, Joanne Huist; "Devil Winds: City's Curse or Tall Tale?" "Xenia, Ohio- Tornado- April 3, 1974".
"Tornadoes in Greene County, Ohio".
"Tornadoes in Greene County, Ohio in April 1989".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Number of Inhabitants: Ohio" (PDF).
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Xenia's Word on the Street.
"Xenia News".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Xenia.
Xenia Municipalities and communities of Greene County, Ohio, United States
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