Kansas Counties
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Cherokee County, Kansas
| Date Established: | February 18, 1860 |
| Date Organized: | August 03, 1866 |
| Location: |
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| County Seat: | Columbus |
| Origin of Name: | Named for the Cherokee Indian tribe, who by a treaty signed in 1835 held the 'Cherokee Neutral Lands,' a strip 50 miles north to south and 25 miles across, comprising all of Cherokee, most of Crawford, and a slice of Bourbon County. In 1866, another treaty ceded the Neutral Lands to the United States. |
| Cities & Townships: |
| Place | Population (2000 census) |
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| Baxter Springs (city) | 4,602 |
| Columbus (city) | 3,396 |
| Galena (city) | 3,287 |
| Scammon (city) | 496 |
| Weir (city) | 780 |
| Cherokee Township | 336 |
| Crawford Township | 646 |
| Garden Township | 3,039 |
| Lola Township | 382 |
| Lowell Township | 672 |
| Lyon Township | 528 |
| Mineral Township | 254 |
| Neosho Township | 306 |
| Pleasant View Township | 658 |
| Ross Township | 893 |
| Salamanca Township | 569 |
| Shawnee Township | 505 |
| Sheridan Township | 249 |
| Spring Valley Township | 1,007 |
| Total population: | 22,605 | |
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| Population: |
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1860
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 (1,501) |
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1870
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(11,038) |
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1880
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(21,905) |
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1890
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(27,770) |
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1900
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(42,694) |
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1910
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(38,162) |
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1920
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(33,609) |
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1930
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(31,457) |
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1940
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(29,817) |
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1950
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(25,144) |
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1960
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(22,279) |
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1970
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(21,549) |
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1980
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(22,304) |
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1990
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(21,374) |
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2000
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(22,605) |
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| Other Resources: | Bibliography
Cemeteries in Cherokee County, as of 1906
Newspapers available on microfilm
Townships & Independent Cities in Cherokee County
Post offices in Cherokee County
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| Links to Other Sites: | Cherokee County page [Blue Skyways]
Cherokee County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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