XENIA
, a city and the county-seat of Greene county, Ohio, U.S.A., in the township of Xenia, about 3 M
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E. of the Little Miami river, and about 55 M
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S.W. of Columbus and about 65 m
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N.E. of Cincinnati
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Pop
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(190o) ,8696, of whom 410 were foreign- born ; (1910 census) 8706
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Xenia is served by the Cincinnati, See also: - HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
& Dayton, and the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St See also: - LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
( Pennsylvania System) rail-ways, and by interurban electric lines to Springfield and Dayton
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It is the seat of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home and of the Xenia
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Theological Seminary ( United Presbyterian; founded in 1794 at Service, Pa., and united in 1874 with the Theological Seminary of the North- West, founded in 1839 at See also: - OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
, Ohio)
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About 3 M
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N.E., at Wilberforce, is Wilber-force University (co=educational; opened in 1856 and reorganized in 1863), conducted by the African Methodist Episcopal See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
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The public buildings of Xenia include a public library, the county court- house and the municipal building
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Xenia is situated in a fine farming and stock-raising region, and among its manufactures are cordage and twine, boots and shoes, carriages and machinery
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The township was first settled about 1797
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Xenia was laid out as a village in 1803, was incorporated as a town in 18o8 and was chartered as a city in 1870
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