Creator
Chris Claremont, Paul Smith
  
Dave Cockrum, Len Wein
  
In Comics
The Uncanny X-Men #169 - Catacombs
  
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May, 1975)
  
Base
The Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York State, (former) The Alley (beneath Manhattans surface), X-Factor Is sentient starship
  
Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York State