Eolia, Missouri Eolia, Missouri Eolia is a village in Pike County, Missouri, United States. The population was 522 at the 2010 census. Eolia was platted in 1881 along the railroad line. The community was named for Aeolus, the ruler of winds in Greek mythology. A post office called Eolia has been in operation since 1881. The Griffith-McCune Farmstead Historic District and St. John's Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eolia is located at (39.238501, -91.012497). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
Aeolus of Aeolia Aeolus of Aeolia In Greek mythology, Aeolus (; , "Aiolos" , Modern Greek: means "quick-moving, nimble") was the ruler of Aeolia (later called Thessaly) and held to be the founder of the Aeolic branch of the Greek nation. Aeolus was the son of Hellen and the nymph Orseis, and a brother of Dorus, Xuthus, Xenopatra, and, in some sources, of Amphictyon (who is otherwise a brother of Hellen). He married Enarete, daughter of Deimachus (otherwise unknown). Aeolus and Enarete had many children, although the precise number and identities of these children vary from author to author in the ancient sources.