National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherokee County, Kansas

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherokee County, Kansas.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.^[1]

There are 12 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 5, 2024.^[2]

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Current listings

^[3]	Name on the Register^[4]	Image	Date listed^[5]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Baxter Springs High School	Upload image	August 8, 2014 (#14000479)	1520 Cleveland Ave. 37°01′12″N 94°43′58″W / 37.0201°N 94.7329°W / 37.0201; -94.7329 (Baxter Springs High School)	Baxter Springs	Now the middle school?
2	Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station	Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station	August 29, 2003 (#03000841)	940 Military Ave. 37°01′33″N 94°44′05″W / 37.025833°N 94.734722°W / 37.025833; -94.734722 (Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station)	Baxter Springs
3	Big Brutus	Big Brutus	January 5, 2018 (#100001945)	6509 NW 60th St. 37°16′26″N 94°56′20″W / 37.273882°N 94.938827°W / 37.273882; -94.938827 (Big Brutus)	West Mineral	A very large electric shovel.
4	Brush Creek Bridge	Brush Creek Bridge	March 10, 1983 (#83000419)	North of Baxter Springs 37°04′24″N 94°44′26″W / 37.073333°N 94.740556°W / 37.073333; -94.740556 (Brush Creek Bridge)	Baxter Springs	Only surviving Marsh arch bridge on the entire length of the former U.S. Route 66 highway (this section is now a county highway)
5	Columbus Public Carnegie Library	Upload image	June 25, 1987 (#87000932)	205 N. Kansas 37°10′22″N 94°50′36″W / 37.172778°N 94.843333°W / 37.172778; -94.843333 (Columbus Public Carnegie Library)	Columbus
6	Johnston Library	Johnston Library	November 21, 1976 (#76000817)	210 W. 10th St. 37°01′35″N 94°44′12″W / 37.026389°N 94.736667°W / 37.026389; -94.736667 (Johnston Library)	Baxter Springs
7	Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galena	Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galena	August 29, 2003 (#03000842)	U.S. Route 66 37°05′05″N 94°37′43″W / 37.084722°N 94.628611°W / 37.084722; -94.628611 (Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galena)	Galena	Includes part of U.S. Route 66 in Kansas
8	Kansas Route 66 Historic District-North Baxter Springs	Upload image	April 14, 2015 (#15000141)	N. Willow Ave., SE. 50th St.; also SE. Beasley Rd. 37°02′14″N 94°44′26″W / 37.0373°N 94.7406°W / 37.0373; -94.7406 (Kansas Route 66 Historic District-North Baxter Springs)	Baxter Springs	Second set of addresses represent a boundary increase listed January 11, 2017
9	Rial A. Niles House	Rial A. Niles House	September 6, 2006 (#06000772)	605 E. 12th St. 37°01′24″N 94°43′43″W / 37.023333°N 94.728611°W / 37.023333; -94.728611 (Rial A. Niles House)	Baxter Springs
10	Edgar Backus Schermerhorn House	Edgar Backus Schermerhorn House	August 21, 1989 (#89001146)	803 E. 5th St. 37°04′35″N 94°37′53″W / 37.076389°N 94.631306°W / 37.076389; -94.631306 (Edgar Backus Schermerhorn House)	Galena
11	Soffietti-Boccia Grocery Store	Upload image	March 27, 2017 (#100000793)	313 Fleming St. 37°17′03″N 94°55′45″W / 37.284053°N 94.929298°W / 37.284053; -94.929298 (Soffietti-Boccia Grocery Store)	West Mineral
12	Williams' Store	Williams' Store	August 29, 2003 (#03000843)	7109 SE U.S. Route 66 37°04′30″N 94°42′10″W / 37.075°N 94.702778°W / 37.075; -94.702778 (Williams' Store)	Riverton	Now known as Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store.

References

^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

[1] The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.

[2] National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 5, 2024.

[NRHP_colors-3] Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.

[nris-4] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[refnums-5] The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Columbus
Cities	Baxter Springs Columbus Galena Roseland Scammon Weir West Mineral	Map of Kansas highlighting Cherokee County
Unincorporated communities	Carona Cokedale Crestline† Empire City Faulkner Hallowell† Keelville Kniveton‡ Lawton Lowell† Melrose Neutral Riverton† Sherman Sherwin Skidmore Stippville Turck
Ghost towns	Treece
Townships	Cherokee Crawford Garden Lola Lowell Lyon Mineral Neosho Pleasant View Ross Salamanca Shawnee Sheridan Spring Valley
Footnotes	†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. ‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherokee County, Kansas

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