Xenia (Ohio)
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| Foundation : | 1803 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Greene County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 41 ′ N , 83 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 25,719 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 747.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 34.4 km 2 (about 13 mi 2 ) of which 34.4 km 2 (about 13 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 284 m | ||
| Postal code : | 45385 | ||
| Area code : | +1 937 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-86772 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1061805 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.xenia.oh.us | ||
| Mayor : | Marsha J. Bayless | ||
Xenia is an American city ( city ) and the administrative seat in Greene County , Ohio , with a good 25,000 inhabitants.
It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Area, the fourth largest metropolitan area in Ohio. On April 3, 1974, the first of a nightly series of 148 tornadoes, known as the Super Outbreak, raged here .
The place about 20 kilometers east of Dayton is home to the dragster racetrack Kil-Kare Raceway and was formerly the seat of the Hawkins Cyclecar Company .
Personalities
- Charles Wallace Adair Jr. (1914-2006), Ambassador
- John Alexander (1777–1848), politician
- John Bell (1796–1869), politician
- Una Mae Carlisle (1915-1956), musician
- Vic Dickenson (1906-1984), trombonist
- James William Denver (1817-1892), officer
- Mike DeWine (born 1947), politician
- Charley Grapewin (1869-1956), actor
- Charles H. Grosvenor (1833-1917), politician
- Aaron Harlan (1802–1868), politician
- James Hyslop (1854-1920), parapsychologist
- John Little (1837-1900), politician
- Leroy T. Marshall (1883-1950), politician
- Robert McKnight (1820-1885), politician
- Rose Murphy (1913–1989), singer
- Daniel Payne (1811-1893), bishop
- Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912), politician
- Thomas E. Scroggy (1843-1915), politician
- Thomas Taggart (1856–1929), politician
- David Williamson (born 1961), magician
- James J. Winans (1818–1879), politician
Web links
Commons : Xenia, Ohio - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Xenia in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed April 4, 2014