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Cherokee County is a U.S. county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Columbus, and its most populous city is Baxter Springs. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 19,362. The county was named for the Cherokee tribe.
Baxter Springs is a city in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, and located along Spring River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,888.
Columbus is the second largest city and county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,929. It is located approximately 15 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg.
Galena is a city in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,761.
The Battle of Baxter Springs, more commonly known as the Baxter Springs Massacre, was a minor battle of the American Civil War fought on 6 October 1863, near the present-day town of Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Riverton is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 771. It is located at the junction of K-66 and U.S. Route 69 Alternate and U.S. Route 400, near the Spring River. It is one of only three communities in Kansas along former U.S. Route 66.
The Spring River is a 129-mile-long (208 km) waterway located in southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma.
Fort Baxter, also known as Fort Blair, was a small US Army post located in the southeast corner of Kansas near present-day Baxter Springs. This area was known as the Cherokee Strip. It was one of a few Kansas forts attacked by Confederate forces during the American Civil War. At one point the Confederate government claimed authority over the Neutral Lands. Both Union and Confederate troops operated in the area, as did guerrilla forces and militias prevalent in the Kansas-Missouri border area.
The Tri-State district was a historic lead-zinc mining district located in present-day southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma. The district produced lead and zinc for over 100 years. Production began in the 1850s and 1860s in the Joplin - Granby area of Jasper and Newton counties of southwest Missouri. Production was particularly high during the World War I era and continued after World War II, but with declining activity. As jobs left the area, the communities declined in population.
Melrose is an unincorporated community in Neosho Township of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, and has an elevation of 889 feet (271 m). It contains one church, the Melrose United Methodist Church.
Lawton is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, and located at 37°13′19″N94°38′10″W.
Empire City is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, and located at 37°05′21″N94°38′31″W.
Skidmore is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States.
Lowell is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 244.
Cherokee is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. Cokedale is located at 37°14′48″N94°53′34″W.
Keelville is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States.
Kniveton is an unincorporated community in Cherokee and Crawford counties of Kansas in the United States.
Stippville is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. It is located 4 miles north of Columbus.
Turkey Creek is a stream in Jasper and Newton counties of southwest Missouri and Cherokee county of southeastern Kansas in the United States. It is a tributary of the Spring River.
Fivemile Creek is a stream in Newton County, Missouri and Ottawa County, Oklahoma in the United States. It is a tributary of the Spring River in northeastern Oklahoma.
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- ↑ "Neutral, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ↑ Neutral, KS and Baxter Springs, KS, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS 1958 (1983 rev.) and 1959 (1979 rev.)
- ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society . Retrieved June 6, 2014.
