The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Xenia
(z´n) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 24,664), seat of Greene co., SW Ohio; inc. 1814. It is a trade and industrial center in a farm area. Rope and twine, plastics, potato chips, valves, and hydraulic lifts are among its manufactures. The county historical museum is there. A tornado destroyed about half of the city on Apr. 3, 1974.