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Cherokee County, Kansas, United States

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Details for Cherokee County

NameCherokee County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Kansas, United States
County SeatColumbus
Coordinates
Latitude 37.1667280 37° 10' 00.2" N
Longitude -94.8502351 94° 51' 00.8" W
Population21,374
Elevation272 m
Surrounding CountiesBarton (Missouri) NE
Jasper (Missouri) E
Newton (Missouri) SE
Ottawa (Oklahoma) S
Craig (Oklahoma) SW
Labette W
Neosho NW
Crawford N
USGS GNIS FeatureID484980
Histopolis Place ID238305461
Updated Jan 5
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Genealogy Resources for Cherokee County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Kansas > Cherokee County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Kansas > Cherokee County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/KS/Cherokee/cem/ (5 Nov 2008)

Cherokee County, Kansas KS, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Cherokee County, Kansas KS, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4524 (23 Sep 2008)

Cherokee County, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Kansas (4 Aug 2010)

Baxter Springs Museum Home
Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum
http://www.baxterspringsmuseum.org/ (8 Aug 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=894 (11 Sep 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Cherokee County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=4524&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (22 Nov 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Kansas > Cherokee County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Kansas > Cherokee County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/KS/Cherokee/ (17 Jan 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Cherokee County, Kan. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CH.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Cherokee County, Kansas Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Cherokee County, Kansas
http://www.interment.net/us/ks/cherokee.htm (16 May 2010)

KSGenWeb Archives: Cherokee County, Kansas Table of Contents [USGenWeb Archives]
Kansas USGenWeb Archives Cherokee County
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/cherokee/cherokee.htm (29 Jan 2010)
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Surveys in Cherokee County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 25 Townships

The Sixth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Cherokee County. You can navigate to any of the 25 survey townships that overlap Cherokee County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships and Cities of Cherokee County

14 Townships, 5 Cities (Township is assumed unless noted)
Baxter Springs (city)CherokeeColumbus (city)Crawford
Galena (city)GardenLolaLowell
LyonMineralNeoshoPleasant View
RossSalamancaScammon (city)Shawnee
SheridanSpring ValleyWeir (city)

Cities of Cherokee County

8 Cities, 36 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
BadgerBarrett (historical u.p.)Baxter JunctionBaxter Springs (city)
CaronaCoal Valley (historical u.p.)CokedaleColumbus (city)
CommonwealthCravensvilleCrestlineDaisy Hill
Dutch Hollow (historical u.p.)East GalenaEast Mineral (historical u.p.)Empire City
FaulknerGalena (city)HallowellHamilton Camp (historical u.p.)
HoagKeelvilleLawtonLowell
MackieMayer (historical u.p.)MelroseMonte Carlo (historical u.p.)
NeutralQuakerQuakervale (historical u.p.)Riverton
Roseland (city)Scammon (city)ShermanSherwin
SkidmoreSouth GalenaStippvilleStone City (historical u.p.)
Treece (city)TurckWeir (city)West Mineral (city)

Cemeteries of Cherokee County

61 Cemeteries, 3 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
Baxter SpringsBeasleyBethlehemBird
Boston MillsBowenBrush CreekCatholic
CherokeeColumbusCouncil Corner (*)Council Corners
County HomeCrockerCrumDockery
DoveEdgmandFairviewFaith Community Church
Fly CreekFriendsFriendshipGalena
GandyGarrisonGermanGreenlawn
HarleyHillcrestHosey Hill †Johnson Family
LaRueLone ElmLone OakLowell
McKeeMesserMooreNew Pleasant View
Oak Hill (Galena)Oak Hill (Richland Township, Labette County, Kansas, United States)Old Pleasant ViewPark
PencePleasant View (Cherokee Township)Pleasant View (Spring Valley Township)Quaker Valley
RitchieSaint AnthonySaint BridgetSherman
SpickelmireSpiekelmanSt. Anthony (*)St. Bridget (*)
StarStephersonStevensonTimberhill Oak Hill
Unnamed (Sheridan Township)Unnamed (Spring Valley Township)UsreyWirtonia

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