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Cherokee County, Kansas

Date Established: February 18, 1860
Date Organized: August 03, 1866
Location: Kansas map showing location of Cherokee County
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
PlacePopulation (2020 census)
Baxter Springs (city)  3,888 
Cherokee Township  320 
Columbus (city)  2,929 
Crawford Township  579 
Galena (city)  2,761 
Garden Township  2,731 
Lola Township  288 
Lowell Township  663 
Lyon Township  328 
Mineral Township  203 
Neosho Township  225 
Pleasant View Township  585 
Ross Township  650 
Salamanca Township  493 
Scammon (city)  376 
Shawnee Township  545 
Sheridan Township  201 
Spring Valley Township  1,028 
Weir (city)  569 
Total population: 19,362 

Township map of Cherokee County, 2000
Population:
1860 (1,501)
1870 (11,038)
1880 (21,905)
1890 (27,770)
1900 (42,694)
1910 (38,162)
1920 (33,609)
1930 (31,457)
1940 (29,817)
1950 (25,144)
1960 (22,279)
1970 (21,549)
1980 (22,304)
1990 (21,374)
2000 (22,605)
2010 (21,603)
2020 (19,362)
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
Links to Other Sites: Cherokee County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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