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History · Cherokee Township

12% of Cherokee Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1880.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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Where Cherokee Township’s name came from

How did Cherokee Township get its name?

Cherokee Township was named from Cherokee County, where it was erroneously thought to be located.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Cherokee Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cherokee Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,452 in 1910; 590 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages4 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherokee Township’s history is told.

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People over time

Cherokee Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,60018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,452

Peaked at 1,452 in 1910; 590 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cherokee Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
BarrettCoal ValleyDaisy HillDutch Hollow
Gone or out of use
Council Corner Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cherokee Township
Council CornersNew Pleasant ViewSaint Anthony

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Cherokee Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cherokee Township.

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Cherokee had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the railroads through that territory. The town was located at the intersection of three railroads: The Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Railroad; The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad; and the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It was named from Cherokee County, where it was erroneously thought to be located.

The first post office in Cherokee was established in August, 1870.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Cherokee Township on the map, 1943 to 1964

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cherokee Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cherokee Township on the 1943 USGS mapCherokee Township on the 1964 USGS map1943Cherokee sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cherokee Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cherokee Township

Nobody well known was born in Cherokee Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Roy GlennAmerican actor · b. 1914
Dale R. CorsonAmerican scientist · b. 1914
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Ed NealyAmerican basketball player · b. 1960
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Samuel MartinAmerican orientalist · b. 1924
Johnny OrrAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1927
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Ronald Michael GilmoreCatholic bishop · b. 1942
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Mineral TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cherokee Township’s history

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.