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Cherokee County, Kansas
Cherokee County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Columbus
Year Organized: 1866
Square Miles: 590 |
Court House: P.O. Box 14
County Courthouse
Columbus, KS 66725-0014
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Named: First named McGee in 1855, for E. McGee of Missouri, who was a
member of the Territorial Legislature. In 1866 the name Cherokee was adopted,
from the fact that a large portion of the "Cherokee neutral lands," reservation
of that tribe of Indians, was included in the geopgraphical area of the county.
State & County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Cherokee County, located in the extreme southeastern part of the state, was created by the first territorial legislature and named McGee, but as Mabillon W. McGee, for whom it was named, was a pro-slavery man, the free-state legislature of 1860 changed the name to Cherokee in honor of the
Cherokee Indians. At the present time the county is bounded on the north by Crawford county; on the east by the State of Missouri; on the south by the State of Oklahoma, and on the west by Labette county. It has an area of 589 square miles.
Geography
The general surface of the country is undulating prairie, considerably cut up by shallow draws. A water-shed extends through the county from north to south dividing it into two nearly equal parts. The eastern half is drained by Spring river and its tributaries, the most important of which are
Cow, Shawnee and Brush creeks, and the western portion is drained by the Neosho river and its tributaries, the largest of which are Lightning, Cherry, Fly and Four Mile creeks.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Crawford County
- East: Jasper County, Mo.
- Southeast: Newton County, Mo.
- South: Ottawa County, Okla.
- Southwest: Craig County, Okla.
- West: Labette County
Cities:
| - Baxter Springs |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Columbus (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Crawford |
township |
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| - Galena |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Garden |
township |
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| - Lola |
township |
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| - Lowell |
township |
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| - Lyon |
township |
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| - Mineral |
township |
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| - Neosho |
township |
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| - Pleasant View |
township |
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| - Roseland |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Ross |
township |
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| - Salamanca |
township |
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| - Scammon |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Sheridan |
township |
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| - Spring Valley |
township |
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| - Treece |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Weir |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - West Mineral |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Cherokee County - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we’ve given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the “characteristic features of
our country!”
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn’t the only reason to explore counties’ role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today’s counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990’s political slogan “Think globally, act locally.” |
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