Editing Cherokee County, Texas (section)

===County established and growth===
[[Image:Cherokee County Veterans Monument, Jacksonville, TX IMG 3005.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Cherokee Veterans Monument in [[Jacksonville, Texas|Jacksonville]], Texas]]
Cherokee County was formed from land given by [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] in 1846.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlxFHFdF3_gC&q=Arp%2C+Texas&pg=PT568 | title=Texas Almanac 2012–2013 | publisher=Texas A&M University Press | date=November 8, 2011 | access-date=November 17, 2013 | author=Alvarez, Elizabeth Cruce | pages=Contents| isbn=9780876112571}}</ref> It was organized in the same year. The town of [[Rusk, Texas|Rusk]] became the [[county seat]]. Cherokee County voted in favor of [[Texas in the American Civil War|secession]] from the [[Union (Civil War)|Union]], during the build-up to the [[American Civil War]].

In 1872, the [[International – Great Northern Railroad]]<ref>{{Handbook of Texas | name=International-Great Northern Railroad | id= eqi04| author=Werner, George C | retrieved=May 4, 2010}} Texas State Historical Association</ref> caused [[Jacksonville, Texas|Jacksonville]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Jacksonville, Texas | publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC. | url=http://www.texasescapes.com/EastTexasTowns/Jacksonville-Texas.htm| access-date=May 4, 2010}} Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC.</ref> to relocate two miles east, to be near the tracks. The Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railway<ref>{{cite web | title=Kansas and Gulf Short Railway | publisher=History Map.com | url=http://www.history-map.com/picture/004/Kansas-Short-Gulf-Line.htm| access-date=May 4, 2010}}</ref> was built north-to-south through the county between 1882 and 1885. The [[Texas and New Orleans Railroad]]<ref>{{Handbook of Texas | name=Texas and New Orleans Railroad | id= eqt06| author=Williams, Howard C| retrieved=May 4, 2010}} Texas State Historical Association</ref> in 1905, and the [[Texas State Railroad]]<ref>{{Handbook of Texas | name=Texas State Railroad | id= eqt16| author=Richards, Amy| retrieved=May 4, 2010}} Texas State Historical Association</ref> in 1910, each gave rise to new county towns along their tracks.