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· Kansas
Cherokee County
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. Cherokee County is considered part of the Joplin, Missouri, metropolitan area.
19,130 population
(2021)
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County area: Cherokee
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Cities and towns 7
Townships 14
- Township of Cherokee pop. 314
- Township of Crawford pop. 592
- Township of Garden pop. 2,704
- Township of Lola pop. 296
- Township of Lowell pop. 671
- Township of Lyon pop. 319
- Township of Mineral pop. 213
- Township of Neosho pop. 243
- Township of Pleasant View pop. 560
- Township of Ross pop. 626
- Township of Salamanca pop. 467
- Township of Shawnee pop. 500
- Township of Sheridan pop. 202
- Township of Spring Valley pop. 1,010
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 164623
- FIPS state
- 20
- FIPS county
- 021
- FIPS place
- 99021
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF CHEROKEE
- Mailing address
- PO BOX 14, COLUMBUS 66725