Xenia, Missouri

{{Short description|Extinct community in the American state of Missouri}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

Xenia is an extinct community in Nodaway County, Missouri, in the United States. Xenia was located northeast of Maryville, east of the One Hundred and Two River,{{cite web|url=https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/282723|publisher=S. Augustus Mitchell 1860|last=Gamble|first=William H.|title=County map of the states of Iowa and Missouri, 1860|website=Iowa Digital Library|access-date=May 14, 2025}} but the exact location of Xenia is unknown to the GNIS.{{GNIS|739724|name=Xenia, Missouri}}

The name is a transfer from Xenia, Ohio.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbyjamQWtScC&pg=PA25 | title=Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Ramsay, Robert L. | year=1952 | pages=25}} Little remained of the original community by the early 20th century,{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_nodaway.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070319/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_nodaway.html | archive-date = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| access-date= November 24, 2016}} and nothing remains today.

A post office called Xenia was established in 1857, and remained in operation until 1872.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Nodaway | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=24 November 2016}} With the establishment of Hopkins the post office at Xenia was abolished.{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68494069?objectPage=451|title=Records of the Post Office Department, Missouri: Newton - Osage|website=National Archves Catalog|access-date=May 20, 2025}}