Cherokee County

Cherokee County is a U.S. county located in . Its county seat is , and its most populous city is . As of the 2020 census, the county population was 19,362.
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  • Type: county of Kansas with 19,400 residents
  • Description: county in Kansas, United States
  • Also known as: Cherokee”, “Cherokee County, Kansas”, “Cherokee County, KS”, and “McGee County

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mercy Hospital Columbus and Columbus Unified High School.

Hospital
is an 18-bed critical access hospital located in , . The hospital is part of the Sisters of Mercy Health System and is affiliated with Mercy Hospital Joplin in nearby , .

School
is a high school in Columbus, Kansas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Columbus and Stippville.

Town
is the second largest city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, , United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,929. It is located approximately 15 miles south-southwest of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. It is located four miles north of . is situated 3½ miles north of Cherokee County.

Cherokee County

Latitude
37.1693° or 37° 10′ 10″ north
Longitude
-94.8463° or 94° 50′ 47″ west
Population
19,400
Elevation
906 feet (276 metres)
Open location code
86975593+PF
Geo­Names ID
4269459
Wiki­data ID
Q376640
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Cherokee County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Cherokee County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة تشيروكي
  • Arabic: مقاطعه تشيروكي، كانزاس
  • Armenian: Չերոկի շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Cherokee
  • Basque: Cherokee konderria
  • Bavarian: Cherokee County, Kansas
  • Bavarian: Cherokee County
  • Bishnupriya: চেরুকী কাউন্টি, ক্যানসাস
  • Bishnupriya: চেরুকী কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Чероки
  • Catalan: comtat de Cherokee
  • Cebuano: Cherokee County
  • Chechen: Чероки (гуо, Канзас)
  • Chechen: Чероки
  • Chinese: Cherokee Kūn
  • Chinese: 切罗基县
  • Chinese: 切羅基縣
  • Czech: Cherokee County
  • Dutch: Cherokee County
  • Esperanto: Cherokee County
  • Esperanto: kantono Ĉeroka
  • Esperanto: kantono Cherokee
  • Esperanto: Kantono Cherokee
  • Estonian: Cherokee maakond
  • Finnish: Cherokeen piirikunta
  • French: Cherokee County
  • French: comté de Cherokee
  • French: Comté de Cherokee
  • Georgian: ჩეროკის ოლქი
  • German: Cherokee County
  • Gilaki: چروکی ٚ شأرستان (کانزاس)
  • Gilaki: چروکی ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: Κομητεία Τσερόκι
  • Hungarian: Cherokee megye
  • Irish: Contae Cherokee
  • Italian: Cherokee County
  • Italian: contea di Cherokee
  • Italian: Contea di Cherokee
  • Japanese: チェロキー郡
  • Korean: 체로키군
  • Latin: Cherokee Comitatus
  • Low German: Cherokee County
  • Mazanderani: چروکی شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Cherokee Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cherokee Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cherokee County i Kansas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cherokee County
  • Norwegian: Cherokee County
  • Ossetian: Чероки (зылд, Канзас)
  • Ossetian: Чероки
  • Persian: شهرستان چروکی، کانزاس
  • Persian: شهرستان چروکی
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Cherokee
  • Portuguese: Cherokee County
  • Portuguese: condado de Cherokee
  • Portuguese: Condado de Cherokee
  • Romanian: Comitatul Cherokee, Kansas
  • Romanian: Comitatul Cherokee
  • Russian: Чероки
  • Sardinian: contea de Cherokee
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cherokee County
  • Serbian: Cherokee County
  • Serbian: Округ Чероки
  • Serbian: Цхерокее Цоунтy
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cherokee County, Kansas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cherokee County
  • Slovenian: Cherokee County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Cherokee
  • Spanish: Cherokee County
  • Spanish: condado de Cherokee
  • Spanish: Condado de Cherokee
  • Swedish: Cherokee County, Kansas
  • Swedish: Cherokee County
  • Tatar: Чероки (округ, Канзас)
  • Tatar: Чероки
  • Turkish: Cherokee County, Kans.
  • Turkish: Cherokee County, Kansas
  • Turkish: Cherokee County, KS
  • Turkish: Cherokee County
  • Turkish: Cherokee ilçesi, Kans.
  • Turkish: Cherokee ilçesi, Kansas
  • Turkish: Cherokee ilçesi, KS
  • Turkish: Cherokee ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Черокі
  • Urdu: چروکی کاؤنٹی، کنساس
  • Urdu: چروکی کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Cherokee
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cherokee, Kansas
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cherokee
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Cherokee, Kansas
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Cherokee
  • Welsh: Cherokee County, Kansas
  • Welsh: Cherokee County

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Columbus Museum and Columbus Cemetery.

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