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Place Name
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Cherokee County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Columbus
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Population
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21,374 (1990)
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Location
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Kansas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°10'N
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Longitude
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94°50'W
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Cherokee
, county (
591 sq mi/1,531 sq km; 1990 pop.
21,374), extreme SE Kansas;  Columbus; 37°10'N 94°50'W. Agr.
area located in Cherokee Lowlands region, bordered S by Okla. and E by
Mo.; drained by Spring R. in SE; by Nasho R. and Lighting Creek in W.
Agr. (cattle, hogs; wheat, soybeans, apples, sorghum); textiles. Coal,
lead, zinc deposits. Formed 1866.
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