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Cherokee County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 18, 1860
- Named after
- Cherokee Native Americans
- Seat
- Columbus
- Largest city
- Baxter Springs
- Total
- 591 sq mi (1,530 km )
- Land
- 588 sq mi (1,520 km )
- Water
- 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,105
- Density
- 32.9/sq mi (12.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- cherokeecountyks.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 19362
- Area
- 1531
- Official website
- CherokeeCountyKS.com
- Image
- Tri-state markers 2006-07-03.jpg
- Households
- 7954
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- Commons category
- Cherokee County, Kansas
- inception
- 1855-08-30
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Cherokee County
- per capita income
- 23238
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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.
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