Cherokee County Kansas - Government Site
Population: 21,451
Area: 587 square miles
County Seat: Columbus
Area Code(s) in use: 620
Time Zone: CST
Adjacent counties:
Barton (MO) Craig (OK) Crawford Jasper (MO) Labette Newton (MO) Ottawa (OK)
Airport
Oswego Municipal Airport, Walter A Swalley Airpark
Bridge
Boston Mills Bridge, Porters Bridge, Ryan Bridge (historical)
Building
Baxter Springs Volunteer Fire Department, Cherokee Township Volunteer Fire Department, Columbus Fire Department, Galena Fire Department Station 1, Galena Fire Department Station 2, Scammon Volunteer Fire Department, Weir City Volunteer Fire Department, West Mineral Fire Department
Cemetery
Baxter Springs Cemetery, Beasley Cemetery, Bethlehem Cemetery, Bird Cemetery, Boston Mills Cemetery, Bowen Cemetery, Brush Creek Cemetery, Cherokee Cemetery, Columbus Cemetery, Council Corners Cemetery, County Home Cemetery, Crocker Cemetery, Crum Cemetery, Dockery Cemetery, Dove Cemetery, Edgmand Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Faith Community Church Cemetery, Fly Creek Cemetery, Friendship Cemetery, Galena Cemetery, Gandy Cemetery, Garrison Cemetery, Greenlawn Cemetery, Harley Cemetery, Hillcrest Cemetery, Hosey Hill Cemetery, Johnson Family Cemetery, LaRue Cemetery, Lone Elm Cemetery, Lone Oak Cemetery, Lowell Cemetery, McKee Cemetery, Messer Cemetery, Moore Cemetery, Mound Cemetery, New Pleasant View Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Old Pleasant View Cemetery, Park Cemetery, Pence Cemetery, Pleasant View Cemetery, Quaker Valley Cemetery, Rigney, Ritchie Cemetery, Saint Anthony Cemetery, Saint Bridget Cemetery, Sherman Cemetery, Spickelmire Cemetery, Star Cemetery, Stevenson Cemetery, Timberhill Oak Hill Cemetery, Usrey Cemetery, Wirtonia Cemetery
Church
Bethel Church (historical), Bethlehem Church, Blue Mound Church, Center Church, Council Corner Church, Friends Church, Friendship Church, Immaculate Conception Church (historical), Pleasant Hill Church, Pleasant View Church, Pleasantview Church, Rawlings Chapel (historical), Wirtonia Church (historical)
Civil
Cherokee County, City of Baxter Springs, City of Columbus, City of Galena, City of Scammon, City of Weir, Township of Cherokee, Township of Crawford, Township of Garden, Township of Lola, Township of Lowell, Township of Lyon, Township of Mineral, Township of Neosho, Township of Pleasant View, Township of Ross, Township of Salamanca, Township of Shawnee, Township of Sheridan, Township of Spring Valley
Dam
Lowell Dam
Lake
Big Candy Lake, Boone Lake, Hines Lake, Hubbell Lake, Little Candy Lake, Marvin Lake, Mineral Lake
Locale
Baxter Center, Camp Number Fortytwo (historical), Camp Number Six (historical), Captain, Cherokee County Fairgrounds, Cherry (historical), Council Corner, Fleming (historical), Messer (historical), New Winsor (historical), Peacock (historical), Playter (historical), Pleasant View (historical), Sherman City (historical), Starvale (historical), Tehama (historical), Whitehall (historical)
Park
Strip Pits State Wildlife Management Area
Plain
Cherokee Plains
Populated Place
Badger, Barrett (historical), Baxter Junction, Baxter Springs, Carona, Coal Valley (historical), Cokedale, Columbus, Commonwealth, Cravensville, Crestline, Daisy Hill, Dutch Hollow (historical), East Galena, East Mineral (historical), Empire City, Faulkner, Galena, Hallowell, Hamilton Camp (historical), Hoag, Keelville, Kniveton, Lawton, Lowell, Mackie, Mayer (historical), Melrose, Monte Carlo (historical), Neutral, Quaker, Quakervale (historical), Riverton, Roseland, Scammon, Sherman, Sherwin, Skidmore, South Galena, Stippville, Stone City (historical), Treece, Turck, Weir, West Mineral
Reservoir
Cherokee Tank, Lowell Reservoir
School
Baxter Springs High School, Belleview School (historical), Bird School, Black Jack School (historical), Blue Mound School (historical), Boston Mills School (historical), Brush Creek School (historical), Burger School (historical), Capron School (historical), Center School (historical), Center Star School, Central Elementary School, Central Elementary School, Charter Oak School (historical), Checo School, Cherokee Elementary School, Columbus Unified High School, Council Corner School (historical), Cross Roads School (historical), Diamond School (historical), Elm Tree School (historical), Fairview School (historical), Fourmile School (historical), Friendship School (historical), Frontier School (historical), Galena High School, Galena Kindergarten, Geni School (historical), Glen School (historical), Globe School (historical), Golden Rule School (historical), Greenlawn Elementary School, Harley School (historical), Helmic School, Hickory Grove School, Highland Elementary School, Hopewell School (historical), Humble School (historical), Ingram School (historical), Jarrett School (historical), Jenesse School (historical), Langdons School (historical), Liberty Elementary School, Liberty School (historical), Lincoln Elementary School, Lone Elm School, Maplewood School (historical), Martin School (historical), Messer School, Milam School (historical), Millersburg School (historical), Miriam School (historical), Mitchell School, Mitchell School (historical), Mormon School (historical), Morrow School, Morrow School (historical), Mosquito Valley School (historical), Mount Hope School (historical), Mount Olive School (historical), Mount Pisgah School (historical), Mount Pleasant School (historical), Murphy School (historical), Neutral School, Oak Hill School (historical), Oak Valley School (historical), Owsley School, Park Elementary School, Pioneer School (historical), Pleasant Hill School (historical), Pleasant Hill School (historical), Pleasant Valley School (historical), Pleasant View School (historical), Pleasant View School (historical), Potter School (historical), Rice School (historical), Richland Valley School (historical), Rising Sun School (historical), Riverton Elementary School, Riverton High School, Roosevelt School, Saint Rose School, Scammon Elementary School, School Number 90 (historical), Sharon School (historical), Shawnee School (historical), Skidmore School (historical), Spring Grove School, Star School (historical), Star School (historical), Stone School, Stony School (historical), Tar Valley School (historical), Union Chapel School, Union School (historical), Van Sluke School (historical), Washington Elementary School, West Mineral Elementary School, West Tennessee Prairie School (historical), Willow Creek School (historical), Willow Creek School (historical), Wirtonia School, Wyandotte School
Spring
Baxter Springs
Stream
Bitter Creek, Brush Creek, Brush Creek, Center Creek, Cherry Creek, Cow Creek, Deer Creek, Denny Branch, Fly Creek, Fly Creek, Fly Creek, Fourmile Creek, Fourmile Creek, Fourmile Creek, Lightning Creek, Little Cherry Creek, Little Fly Creek, Little Shawnee Creek, Long Branch, Mulberry Creek, Plum Creek, Shawnee Creek, Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek, Short Creek, Short Creek, Short Creek, Short Creek, Spring Branch, Spring Branch, Spring Branch, Stink Branch, Taylor Branch, Turkey Creek, Turkey Creek, Turkey Creek, Willow Creek, Wolf Creek
Summit
Bell Mound, Blue Mound
Tower
KARE-AM (Atchison), KBLT-FM (Baxter Springs), KCCU-FM (Columbus)
| Race | Population |
| White |  19,690 |
| American Indian | 813 |
| Mixed | 673 |
| Black | 157 |
| Asian | 103 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 15 |
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