It has a bank, a good graded public school, a fire department, a weekly newspaper, planing mills, brick and textile factories, a hotel, churches of several of the leading denominations, and in 1910 reported a population of 694. Communication with other places is maintained by telegraph and telephone in addition to the facilities offered by the post office, which issues international money orders and supplies the surrounding rural districts with mail through the medium of four free delivery routes. It is a typical Kansas town, has express and telegraph offices, a flour mill, a lumber yard, several general stores, and in 1901 reported a population of 327. It has a money order post office, express and telegraph service, a good local trade, and in 1910 reported a population of 100. A village in Crawford county, is located in the northeastern part, about 12 miles from Girard, the county seat, and 3 miles northwest of Drywood, which is the nearest railroad station.
Mail is received by rural delivery from Arcadia.
The population was 112 in 1910. A building of this nature was erected by William Sharp on the site of Cherokee early in the year 1870, which was the beginning of the present city. A school house was erected the following year, and in May 1874, W.K. Goode removed his newspaper outfit from Girard and began the publication of the Cherokee Pharos, which was the first newspaper. The Cherokee of the present day is one of the busy cities of southeastern Kansas. The post office at Cherokee issues international money orders, and from it emanate two rural routes which supply a large district with daily mail.