Kansas Counties
Cherokee County, Kansas
| Date Established: | February 18, 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Organized: | August 03, 1866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other Resources: |
Post offices in Cherokee County Cemeteries in Cherokee County, As of 1906 Newspapers Available on Microfilm Townships and Independent Cities in Cherokee County Bibliography Kansas Memory |
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| Links to Other Sites: |
Cherokee County page [Blue Skyways] Cherokee County GenWeb Early Kansas Maps [KanColl] |
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