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Cherokee County, Kansas

Welcome to Cherokee County, Kansas, home to over 20,000 Kansans. Organized in 1866, the 590 square miles of our county call the city of Columbus our County Seat.

Cherokee county mapFirst named McGee in 1855, for E. McGee of Missouri, who was a member of the Territorial Legislature, the county was renamed Cherokee in 1866 from the fact that a large portion of the "Cherokee neutral lands," reservation of that tribe of Indians, was included in the geographical area of the county.

 

2023-2027 NRP Application HERE

 

2024 Election Dates as follows:

General Election November 5, 2024

 

 

To view the Property Tax Information Sheet, please click here. 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                      

 

 

                                                                                       

Cherokee County Department Phone Numbers

 

      COURTHOUSE
      MAIN PHONE NUMBER
       620-429-9500
  • District Court Clerk - Ext 1
  • Court Services - Ext 2
  • County Appraiser - Ext 3
  • County Treasurer - Ext 4
  • County Clerk - Ext 5
  • Emergency Management - Ext 6
  • County Attorney - Ext 7
  • Register of Deeds - Ext 8 

 

       OTHER COUNTY DEPTS:

  • Health Department 
  • 620-429-3087
  • Human Resoures 
  • 620-429-9526
  • Road & Bridge 
  • 620-317-1153
  • Sewer Dist #1 & #2 
  • 620-317-1153
  • Sheriffs Office
  • 620-429-3992