Cherokee

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Cherokee

Total population

699

Median home value

$85,300

18.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$56,154

Cherokee$56k

National$74k

Elevation288 m

Land area1.84 km²

Weather66°F · Mostly Cloudy then Scattered Rain Showers

Coordinates37.35°, -94.82°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cherokee is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 590.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Cherokee, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

C

Carnie Smith

American football player and coach (1911-1979)

Fred McMullin

Major League Baseball player (1891-1952)

G

George Barr

baseball umpire (1897-1974)

Pete Kilduff

American baseball player (1893-1930)

T

Tom Wilson

professional baseball player (1890-1953)

Jim McCafferty

American basketball player coach, college athletics administrator (1916-2006)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Scammon
  4.6 mi away · pop. 371
• Chicopee
  5 mi away
• West Mineral
  7.2 mi away
• Pittsburg
  8.2 mi away · pop. 20,637
• Radley
  10.2 mi away · pop. 135
• Frontenac
  10.3 mi away
• Opolis
  10.8 mi away · pop. 35
• McCune
  10.9 mi away · pop. 308
• Girard
  11.4 mi away
• Yale
  13.8 mi away
• Hallowell
  15.5 mi away · pop. 39
• Croweburg
  16.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cherokee

The Lover

Genell Dellin · 2002

History of Cherokee County, Kansas and representative citizens

Nathaniel Thompson Allison · 1904

Cherokee County, Kansas

Marjorie V. Forbes

Cherokee neutral lands of Kansas. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 1074.)

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs · 1870

Cemetery inscriptions, Cherokee County, Kansas

Don L. Ford · 1988

Cherokee County Kansas marriages, 1867-1886

Helen Kelley · 1986

Soil survey of Cherokee County, Kansas

1985

Assessment of water resources in lead-zinc mined areas in Cherokee County, Kansas, and adjacent areas

T. B. Spruill · 1984

Search results from Open Library.