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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 883 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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XENIA , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Greene county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., in the township of Xenia, about 3 M. E. of the Little See also:Miami See also:river, and about 55 M. S.W. of See also:Columbus and about 65 m. N.E. of See also:Cincinnati. Pop. (190o) ,8696, of whom 410 were See also:foreign-See also:born ; (1910 See also:census) 8706. Xenia is served by the Cincinnati, See also:Hamilton & See also:Dayton, and the See also:Pittsburg, Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & St See also:Louis (See also:Pennsylvania See also:System) See also:rail-ways, and by interurban electric lines to See also:Springfield and Dayton. It is the seat of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' See also:Home and of the Xenia. Theological See also:Seminary (See also:United Presbyterian; founded in 1794 at Service, Pa., and united in 1874 with the Theological Seminary of the See also:North-See also:West, founded in 1839 at See also:Oxford, Ohio). About 3 M. N.E., at See also:Wilberforce, is Wilber-force University (co=educational; opened in 1856 and reorganized in 1863), conducted by the See also:African Methodist Episcopal See also:Church. The public buildings of Xenia include a public library, the county See also:court-See also:house and the municipal See also:building.

Xenia is situated in a See also:

fine farming and stock-raising region, and among its manufactures are cordage and twine, boots and shoes, carriages and machinery. The township was first settled about 1797. Xenia was laid out as a See also:village in 1803, was incorporated as a See also:town in 18o8 and was chartered as a city in 1870.

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