Editing Cherokee, Kansas (section)

==History==
Cherokee had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the railroads through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n313 317]–318}}</ref> The town was located at the intersection of three railroads: The Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Railroad; The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad; and the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It was named from [[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee County]], where it was erroneously thought to be located.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n278 171]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4523 | title=Profile for Cherokee, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=8 June 2014 | archive-date=July 14, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181609/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4523 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The first post office in Cherokee was established in August, 1870.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:CR |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009124740/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ACR |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>