Cherokee County, Kansas

E28779
county of Kansas

Cherokee County, Kansas is a county in the southeastern corner of Kansas known historically for its mining communities and location within the Tri-State mining district.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Kansas ⓘ
adjacentTo Craig County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Jasper County, Missouri ⓘ
Newton County, Missouri ⓘ
Ottawa County, Oklahoma ⓘ
areaCode 620 ⓘ
borders Crawford County, Kansas ⓘ
Labette County, Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
contains Baxter Springs, Kansas ⓘ
Columbus, Kansas ⓘ
Empire District of the Tri-State mining district ⓘ
Galena, Kansas ⓘ
Scammon, Kansas ⓘ
Shoal Creek ⓘ
Spring River ⓘ
Weir, Kansas ⓘ
West Mineral, Kansas ⓘ
portion of Historic Route 66 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Columbus, Kansas ⓘ
elevation approximately 900 feet above sea level ⓘ
FIPSCode 20-021 ⓘ
GNISID 0474350 ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasHistoricRoute U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
hasMajorHighway Kansas Highway 26 ⓘ
Kansas Highway 66 ⓘ
Kansas Highway 7 ⓘ
U.S. Route 160 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 166 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 400 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 69 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor lead mining ⓘ
zinc mining ⓘ
largestCity Baxter Springs, Kansas ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Ozarks region (partly) ⓘ
surface form: Ozark Plateau region of Kansas

southeastern Kansas ⓘ
namedAfter Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee people
partOf Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area ⓘ
Tri-State mining district ⓘ
state Kansas ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barton County, Missouri → borderedBy → Cherokee County, Kansas ⓘ
Crawford County, Kansas → borderedBy → Cherokee County, Kansas ⓘ
Jasper County, Missouri → borderedBy → Cherokee County, Kansas ⓘ
Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area → containsCounty → Cherokee County, Kansas ⓘ