Xenia, Kansas

Xenia, Kansas
Unincorporated community

Location within the state of State

Coordinates: 37°59′43″N 94°59′11″W / 37.99528°N 94.98639°W / 37.99528; -94.98639Coordinates: 37°59′43″N 94°59′11″W / 37.99528°N 94.98639°W / 37.99528; -94.98639
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. 1 2 DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, p. 66. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1878/bourbon.shtml
  3. http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/bourbon/bourbon-co-p24.html
  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 16 May 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 ..." http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/x/xenia.html
  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.
  9. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Xenia, Kansas

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