Editing Cherokee County, Kansas (section)

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Cherokee Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Cherokee County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Cherokee County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Cherokee County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/cherokee.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601173750/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/cherokee.PDF |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |date=May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
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* [[Baxter Springs, Kansas|Baxter Springs]]
* [[Columbus, Kansas|Columbus]] (county seat)
* [[Galena, Kansas|Galena]]
* [[Roseland, Kansas|Roseland]]
* [[Scammon, Kansas|Scammon]]
* [[Weir, Kansas|Weir]]
* [[West Mineral, Kansas|West Mineral]]
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===Unincorporated communities===
‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.
† means a community is designated a [[Census-designated place|Census-Designated Place]] (CDP) by the [[United States Census Bureau]].
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* [[Carona, Kansas|Carona]]
* [[Cokedale, Kansas|Cokedale]]
* [[Crestline, Kansas|Crestline]]†
* [[Empire City, Kansas|Empire City]]
* [[Faulkner, Kansas|Faulkner]]
* [[Hallowell, Kansas|Hallowell]]†
* [[Keelville, Kansas|Keelville]]
* [[Kniveton, Kansas|Kniveton]]‡
* [[Lawton, Kansas|Lawton]]
* [[Lowell, Kansas|Lowell]]†
* [[Melrose, Kansas|Melrose]]
* [[Neutral, Kansas|Neutral]]
* [[Riverton, Kansas|Riverton]]†
* [[Sherman, Kansas|Sherman]]
* [[Sherwin, Kansas|Sherwin]]
* [[Skidmore, Kansas|Skidmore]]
* [[Stippville, Kansas|Stippville]]
* [[Turck, Kansas|Turck]]
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===Ghost towns===
* [[Treece, Kansas|Treece]], officially disincorporated in 2012<ref name=Rydjord494>{{cite book|last=Rydjord|first=John|title=Kansas Place-Names|year=1972|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma|page=494|isbn=0-8061-0994-7}}</ref><ref>[http://www.kansas.com/2012/09/27/2506628/former-residents-say-goodbye-to.html Former residents say goodbye to contaminated town of Treece; The Wichita Eagle; September 27, 2012.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930014929/http://www.kansas.com/2012/09/27/2506628/former-residents-say-goodbye-to.html |date=September 30, 2012 }}</ref>

===Townships===
Cherokee County is divided into fourteen [[Civil township|townships]]. The cities of [[Baxter Springs, Kansas|Baxter Springs]], [[Columbus, Kansas|Columbus]], [[Galena, Kansas|Galena]], [[Scammon, Kansas|Scammon]], and [[Weir, Kansas|Weir]] are considered ''governmentally independent'' and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

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! Township !! [[FIPS place code|FIPS]] !! Population<br/>center
! Population !! Population<br/>density<br/><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq&nbsp;mi)</small>
! Land area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water %
! Geographic coordinates
|- 
| [[Cherokee Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee]]|| 12800 ||  || 336 || 6 (15) || 57 (22) || 0 (0) || 0.08% || {{coord|37|18|33|N|94|45|36|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Crawford Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Crawford]]|| 16225 ||  || 646 || 7 (18) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.24% || {{coord|37|9|21|N|94|47|11|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Garden Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Garden]]|| 25250 ||  || 3,039 || 41 (105) || 75 (29) || 2 (1) || 2.80% || {{coord|37|2|55|N|94|41|18|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Lola]]|| 42350 ||  || 382 || 3 (9) || 115 (44) || 1 (0) || 0.50% || {{coord|37|10|25|N|95|0|15|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Lowell Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Lowell]]|| 43075 ||  || 672 || 20 (52) || 33 (13) || 1 (0) || 3.04% || {{coord|37|6|11|N|94|40|23|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Lyon Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Lyon]]|| 43400 ||  || 528 || 4 (11) || 130 (50) || 0 (0) || 0.08% || {{coord|37|2|19|N|94|52|37|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Mineral Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Mineral]]|| 47000 ||  || 254 || 3 (8) || 79 (31) || 0 (0) || 0.15% || {{coord|37|15|32|N|94|47|29|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Neosho Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Neosho]]|| 49725 ||  || 306 || 2 (5) || 157 (61) || 2 (1) || 1.08% || {{coord|37|3|15|N|95|1|37|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Pleasant View Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Pleasant View]]|| 56675 ||  || 658 || 5 (13) || 136 (52) || 0 (0) || 0.14% || {{coord|37|17|4|N|94|40|1|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Ross Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Ross]]|| 61350 ||  || 893 || 6 (17) || 140 (54) || 1 (0) || 0.71% || {{coord|37|16|29|N|94|53|55|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Salamanca Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Salamanca]]|| 62575 ||  || 569 || 6 (17) || 89 (34) || 0 (0) || 0.07% || {{coord|37|10|3|N|94|52|37|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Shawnee Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Shawnee]]|| 64475 ||  || 505 || 6 (15) || 90 (35) || 1 (0) || 0.61% || {{coord|37|9|30|N|94|40|18|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Sheridan Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Sheridan]]|| 64625 ||  || 249 || 1 (4) || 172 (67) || 1 (1) || 0.79% || {{coord|37|15|41|N|95|0|15|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Spring Valley Township, Cherokee County, Kansas|Spring Valley]]|| 67725 ||  || 1,007 || 8 (21) || 122 (47) || 0 (0) || 0.36% || {{coord|37|3|11|N|94|46|5|W|}} 
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|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2002 |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division }}
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