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History · Cherry Township

11% of Cherry Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1886 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cherry 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 Cherry 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 Cherry Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherry Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Cherry Township on the map, 1886 to 1990

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

Cherry Township on the 1886 USGS mapCherry Township on the 1894 USGS mapCherry Township on the 1905 USGS mapCherry Township on the 1962 USGS mapCherry Township on the 1979 USGS mapCherry Township on the 1985 USGS mapCherry 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 Cherry Township.

The story so far

Cherry Township, in brief

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

Cherry Township is a township in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 462. It completely surrounds the city of Cherryvale, although the city is independent of the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 504 to 462 (-8%).

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

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Cherry Township

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

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Louise BrooksAmerican actress · b. 1906
William IngeAmerican playwright and novelist · b. 1913
ZaSu PittsAmerican actress · b. 1894
Vivian VanceAmerican actress · b. 1909
Gerry BammanAmerican actor · b. 1941
Buck ClaytonAmerican jazz trumpeter · b. 1911
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Cherry SchoolschoolHoward SchoolschoolRacob SchoolschoolWetzel Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cherry Township
FairviewHiltzSaint Francis Xavier

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.

Drum Creek Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsage TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Cherry 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 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.