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County Courthouse

Cherokee County Courthouse
300 E Maple
Columbus, KS 66725
Phone: 316.429.2159 

Formerly McGee Co. Name changed to Cherokee 18 Feb 1860
 Register of Deeds has land records from 1866,
Probate Court has probate records from 1870;
County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records^[1]

History

Parent County

1855--Cherokee County was created 30 August 1855 from unorganized territory. County seat: Columbus ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Craig County, Oklahoma
• Crawford
• Jasper County, Missouri
• Labette
• Newton County, Missouri
• Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Cherokee County townships (Histopolis)
  

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Cherokee County.

• October 6, 1863 = Baxter Springs, also known as Baxter Springs Massacre^[3]
  

Map showing Civil War battles in Kansas

• Cherokee County was organized after the Civil War.
  

Men from this County enlisted in 1st Infantry Regiment, Company A.

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin, Missouri newspapers and Neosho, Missouri newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Cherokee County communities.
  

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

Deaths

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Cherokee County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Cherokee County, Kansas 249 {WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 2 August, 2012)