Xenia (/ˈziːniə/ ZEE-nee-ə) is an unincorporated area in Franklin Township, Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.

[1] Settling in the Xenia area in 1856, the year after Bourbon County was organized in 1855, were John Van Syckle, Samuel Stephenson and Charles Anderson.

[2] John Van Syckle and his father laid out Xenia's village plat in 1858.

[4] The younger Van Syckle opened the village's first store, offering general merchandise.

Located at an altitude of 1,047 feet (317 m),[1] it lies in Bourbon County's northwest corner, along K-65, west of the confluence of the Little Osage River and Limestone Creek, about 18 miles northwest of Fort Scott.