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History · Cherokee Township

24% of Cherokee Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1886 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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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.On the map since 18867 editions of the USGS map, 1886 to 1990. Watch Cherokee Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherokee Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Cherokee Township on the map, 1886 to 1990

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 1886 USGS mapCherokee Township on the 1894 USGS mapCherokee Township on the 1905 USGS mapCherokee Township on the 1962 USGS mapCherokee Township on the 1979 USGS mapCherokee Township on the 1985 USGS mapCherokee Township on the 1990 USGS map1886Independence sheet · 1:125,000

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.

The story so far

Cherokee Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cherokee Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cherokee Township is a township in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 415.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 489 to 415 (-15%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Cherokee Township, 1886 to 1893

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1890Post officeThe Perkins post office opens
  4. 1893Post officeThe Perkins post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Perkins, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Bethel ChurchchurchKallochlocaleKallock SchoolschoolParker SchoolschoolPerkinslocaleRoberts SchoolschoolStony Point Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cherokee Township
KallochUnion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Coffeyville7 historic placesA−Parker Township2 historic placesALiberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoward TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.